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The events are part of “Operation Jersey Summer,” a statewide campaign focused on getting all eligible people who live, work, or study in New Jersey to get the jab.

The shortcomings of the test kits cost the nation precious weeks as officials sought to detect virus hotspots and manage the outbreak.

New Jersey is expected to lift its indoor mask rules for fully vaccinated people by the start of Memorial Day weekend.

The Phillies game on Friday night will mark the first sporting event in the city where masks will no longer be required outdoors.

Pennsylvania could have almost 70% of adults fully vaccinated in about three to four weeks.

Pennsylvania is firing a company that performed COVID-19 contact tracing and exposed the private medical information of tens of thousands of residents, state officials said.

In N.J., a vaccination card can now get you a free glass of wine, a free season pass to a state park, and a chance to win dinner with the governor and his wife.

The gift will fund expansion of the delivery unit, creation of a birth defects biorepository, and a position in pediatric surgical science.

Temple’s College of Public Health and Prevention Point Philadelphia will host low-barrier, community vaccine clinics twice a week at Step Up to the Plate’s “Love Lot.”

The governor is lifting his masking mandate outdoors and indoors except for crowded settings, though he says federal guidance is confusing.

The CDC's new guidance that it's safe for fully vaccinated people to go without masks, even indoors, has led to a confusing situation for businesses.

The president said he plans to have some 80 million doses of the vaccine distributed overseas by the end of June.

Working long hours poses an occupational health risk that kills hundreds of thousands of people each year, the World Health Organization says.

N.J. Gov. Phil Murphy’s executive order allowing school districts to provide remote instruction will expire at the end of the current academic year.