Health

The government’s top infectious disease expert lamented polling showing that Trump supporters are more likely to refuse to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

The Office of Senior Services is looking for even more people to staff the phone line helping seniors and those without computers pre-register for shots.

Asian Americans were most likely to be misclassified in coronavirus statistics, despite a disproportionate burden of infection and mortality.

For the Classes of 2020 and 2021, anxiety can be high if you took a gap year, or didn’t. If you applied away from home, or didn’t.

An NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll shows 1 in 4 Black people do not plan to get vaccinated. Despite the attention on concern among Blacks, nearly 30% of whites feel the same way.

A research team from CHOP and Penn is studying survey responses from 913 women about their experiences in pregnancy, delivery, and postpartum.

Citing polls, Gov. Carney says he fears about 20% of residents won’t get inoculated. Delawareans who are hesitant explained their reasons to WHYY.

Friday was the first of three scheduled first-dose opportunities to take place in Center City. All vaccinations are by appointment.

The state’s vaccination supply is increasing to help meet Wolf’s goal. State officials are also helping counties set up clinics and mass-vaccination sites.

Center City toilets are being cut from six to three, and moved down the block.

Who becomes a physician in this country — and who never gets that chance? It’s a question a lot of medical schools are grappling with ...

The MCAT is supposed to gauge future success. But it can also be a financial barrier to underrepresented groups.

The goal seemed pretty clear cut, to enroll a medical school class containing at least 3,000 students of color by the year 2000. Why did it fail?

Now that people have been using the apps for a while, states are measuring how useful they actually have been, and what could make them better.

A new memo advises people that they can make indoor visits to long-term care facilities, even if they’re not vaccinated. Pa., N.J., and Del. are reviewing it.