Health

After months of data collection, scientists agree: The delta variant is the most contagious version of the coronavirus worldwide.

Philadelphia native Lamar Reed interviews his peers to find out how they feel about getting vaccinated.

According to the New Jersey Department of Health, over the past four weeks, vaccination rates are up 9% in Ewing, 15% in Perth Amboy, and 11% in Passaic.

The good news is the vaccines being used in the U.S. all appear to be highly effective at protecting against serious disease, hospitalization and death.

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Are vaccination rates in themselves a sign that the worst is over? WHYY’s Health Desk Help Desk asked about the numbers.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that more than 3,900 people die from unintentional drowning in the US each year — with one in five under 14-years-old.

Tick-borne diseases are at an all-time high, with about 50,000 cases reported each year — and far more going unreported.

Witnessing so much suffering and loneliness took a toll, so Temple Hospital’s Practitioner Wellness Committee sought a program to help.

Countries across Europe are scrambling to accelerate coronavirus vaccinations and outpace the spread of the more infectious delta variant.

Philadelphia fluoridates its drinking water, but that’s not the case in many of the towns surrounding the city.

Lead poisoning prevention experts are calling on the state to fund remediation and testing.

Researchers looked at 10 months of data from more than 44,000 Medicare patients from 1,188 hospitals in 41 states and the District of Columbia.

A colonoscopy might cost you or your insurer a few hundred dollars — or several thousand, depending on which hospital or insurer you use.

The Pa. Department of Health is working to hire a new company under an even pricier contract to take over its contact tracing program after it fired the previous company.