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J&J said it filed a request with the FDA to authorize boosters for people 18 and older who previously received the company's one-shot vaccine.

A major oil spill off the coast of Southern California fouled popular beaches and killed wildlife while crews scrambled Sunday, to contain the crude before it spread further.

South Jersey has seen an increase in COVID infections; double what the positivity rate was one year ago.

Getting vaccinated, keeping a mask handy and social distancing remain at the top of the CDC's guidance for people wanting to avoid the coronavirus.

Health experts advise patience, and caution against stressing boosters in lieu of vaccinating the unvaccinated.

Many states and cities across the U.S. are getting off to a slow start in spending money from this year's coronavirus relief package.

With extreme heat waves on the rise in a changing climate, doctors are finding that pregnant women are particularly vulnerable.

OSHA, the small, chronically understaffed federal agency in charge of workplace safety, now faces a big challenge: enforcing a federal vaccine rule covering 80 million workers

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia researchers looked at data for rescue breathing vs. chest compression CPR for kids in cases of sudden cardiac arrest.

A key White House adviser talked about the matter with the CEOs of American, Delta, and Southwest, according to people familiar with the situation.

With no standardized survey available to measure patient experiences with racism, some researchers are turning to Yelp to do the work.

It took 3 ½ months for the U.S. to go from 600,000 to 700,000 deaths, driven by the variant’s rampant spread through unvaccinated Americans.

If cleared, Merck's drug would be the first pill shown to treat COVID-19, a potentially major advance in efforts to fight the pandemic.

Who becomes a physician in this country — and who never gets that chance? On this encore presentation, we explore this question a lot o ...

Flu cases have dropped to historically low levels during the pandemic. The U.S. and Europe experienced hardly any flu last winter.