Health

High rates of heart disease have meant higher COVID-19 infection rates for Black Americans. A pilot program aims to provide mentorship to medical trainees.

Here’s a look, in brief, at the quick fall from grace for the COVID testing and vaccinating start-up and its CEO.

The state is relying on a patchwork of individual health-care providers to create and manage their own scheduling, causing frustration among some residents.

State officials cited the need for health insurance availability during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, which has sickened thousands of residents.

Along with Hispanic and Native American people, Black Americans are dying from COVID-19 at nearly three times the rate of white Americans.

This hour: the scandal surrounding vaccine distribution in Philadelphia, how to speed up vaccine rollout in the nation and the threat posed by new coronavirus variants.

President Biden's executive order would open a special enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act from Feb. 15 to May 15.

Philadelphia formally cut ties with 9-month-old Philly Fighting COVID on Monday. There were clear warning signs much earlier, some say.

The new facility will serve as a vaccination and testing site — and eventually the headquarters for the future county health department.

Some New Jersey residents, workers, and students who got their first shot of the coronavirus vaccine are struggling to figure out how to get their second.

Philadelphia Health Commissioner Thomas Farley said organizing vaccination events at small health centers will help build community trust in the immunization.

Roused by reporting on the startup’s questionable practices, lawmakers beginning to speak out.

Pennsylvania Democrats are breaking rank to publicly express misgivings about the Wolf administration’s efforts to distribute the COVID-19 vaccine.

An analysis shows that more than 300 senior care homes did not have a scheduled vaccine clinic as of Jan. 17, while hundreds more weren’t covered by a federal partnership.

The administration says it plans to buy an additional 100 million doses each from both Moderna and from Pfizer, which has a vaccine with its German counterpart BioNTech.