Health

New Jersey respondents were more likely to say they would take a coronavirus vaccine if it was discussed in positive terms.

Gov. Carney ordered sharp new restrictions, saying the skyrocketing number of coronavirus cases and increasing hospitalizations and deaths forced him to act.

The day after Darlene Burton put up the popular installation, her daughter was diagnosed with COVID.

No indoor dining, no gyms, no theaters — and ideally, no gathering with people outside your household at all.

There’s no evidence so far of a large outbreak at the Pa. Convention Center vote-counting site.

The information of 10,000 Delawareans who got tested for COVID-19 over the summer was accidentally sent to an unauthorized person.

Coronavirus is surging in Philly, and asking people to distance isn't stopping the spread — so the city is entering a new phase of life in lockdown

Nine communities will be researched for a year to determine behavioral factors contributing to the virus. The aim: to empower them to protect themselves.

New Jersey’s capital city will take advantage of a new order from Gov. Phil Murphy allowing it to implement stricter rules to mitigate COVID-19 spread as cases rise.

The Public Health Dept. says details are being finalized. According to a draft obtained by WHYY, the restrictions likely will include a ban on indoor dining.

The agreement comes just days before the 260 nurses at the Delco facility planned to walk out over what they said were unsafe staffing arrangements.

Over the past week, the United States has blown past previous record highs for COVID-19. And the surge of new case numbers is continuing throughout the country.

In the past week alone, the county reported more than 200 new cases in three days. On Thursday, there were 223 new cases, not far from the spring peak.

“We will continue to discuss that,” state Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine said. “We want to be very strategic in terms of what we do.”

Murphy said eateries were turning into de facto clubs overnight, and public health experts worried the crowded indoor gatherings could contribute to the increase in new cases.