Health

A.J. Schall has been a key player in Delaware’s fight against COVID-19 alongside Gov. John Carney. Now Schall’s been infected with the virus.

State officials have made its COVID tracking app available to children as young as 13 in an attempt to mitigate the spread of the virus.

Last spring, nurses and doctors traveled to COVID hot spots to help overwhelmed hospitals. But with the virus spreading everywhere, hospitals have nowhere to turn for help.

Multiple vaccine candidates must succeed for the world to stamp out the coronavirus pandemic.

Too many cases and hollowed-out public health budgets leave officials to ask even more of the people who get sick.

The number of new COVID-19 cases reported in the United States topped 200,000 for the first time Friday. The highest previous daily count was 196,000 on Nov. 20.

Youth depression, anxiety and suicide attempts have been on the rise during the pandemic. School shutdowns keep kids from friends, leaving social growth up to parents.

The result could be potential dips in reported infections that offer the illusion that the spread of the virus is easing.

As COVID cases rise, hospitals are making plans in case they begin running short of beds. If certain benchmarks are hit, elective surgeries may be curtailed.

But even when those vaccines hit the market, they will not be available to children. That's because very few children have been part of the clinical trials to date.

The city health department updates numbers daily.

Delaware COVID-19 tests are now sent as far away as California for evaluation. Starting next month, thousands will be processed daily in New Castle County.

The model attempts to account for the fact that most cases of COVID-19 are mild or asymptomatic and go unreported.

Recent research reveals that older populations are less consumed by pandemic depression than those that are younger.

With promising news out of COVID-19 vaccine trials, the question now is how many people will get the vaccine? And can or will employers require their workers get vaccinated?