Health

The contract with the incinerator operator expires in April 2022, setting up a showdown between Chester residents and Covanta.

Scientists, funeral directors and survivors say the real numbers of infections and deaths in India may be many multiples more than the reported figures.

Even as COVID-19 cases decrease and more Americans get vaccinated, the TSA is keeping strict regulations on mask-wearing when traveling domestically.

With older adults vaccinated, doctors say a growing share of COVID-19 patients are in their 20s, 30s, 40s and 50s, as more contagious variants circulate.

FEMA will be providing American Sign Language interpreters, Certified Deaf Interpreters , and a Spanish-speaking deaf interpreter on site.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki said President Joe Biden's administration made the determination on the advice of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Thirty-nine percent of the nation's adult population has been fully vaccinated, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Over the past year, public health officials went from being the people who nudge us not to smoke, not to drink and drive, and to eat our ...

As a powerful second COVID surge ravages their home country, those in the Philadelphia region with family in India cannot simply stand by and watch.

Emily Smith, an epidemiologist married to a preacher, has been able to reach evangelicals in a way others can’t, by meeting them where they are.

Pa.’s former Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine, who now serves in that role at the federal level, visited the FEMA vaccination clinic in Center City.

The N.J. Health Department announced that any residents eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine can get their shots at its six megasites without an appointment.

Researchers are working on tests that can be performed using a blood sample that will determine not only whether a COVID-19 vaccine will work but also for how long.

With the Johnson & Johnson vaccine back online, Montgomery County is changing some COVID-19 vaccination sites.

This summer, New Jersey’s sleepaway camps will be allowed to reopen. State health officials said there were no COVID outbreaks at day camps last summer.