Health

Nurses, hospital directors and public health officials worry that the growing number of patients could overwhelm the system and caregivers.

The Food and Drug Administration is expected to follow the recommendation issued Thursday by its expert advisers.

The Wolf administration has announced a planned press conference for 4 p.m. Thursday to provide “an update on COVID-19 in the commonwealth.”

There are pleas for caution and newer, tighter restrictions on our activities — with possibly more on the way, even along with the coming vaccines.

This chart allows you to gauge how well Philadelphia is containing coronavirus spread.

The staggering spike in fatalities and infections has overwhelmed hospitals, an increase many experts attribute to relaxed precautions at Thanksgiving.

With the first COVID-19 vaccines expected to be shipped out within days, health care providers are scrambling to prepare for an unprecedentedly high-stakes vaccine rollout.

There are now more COVID-19 hospitalizations in the county than there were in the spring, said Dr. Valerie Arkoosh, chair of the Montco Board of Commissioners.

The vaccine produced by Pfizer and BioNTech is the first to be authorized by Canadian officials. The decision makes Canada just the third country to grant such authorization.

A federal judge ruled the Federal Trade Commission cannot stop a merger between Einstein Healthcare Network and Jefferson Health, both with hospitals in the Philly region.

We discuss the science behind the vaccines, the rollout and who will be lining up to get vaccinated.

U.K. regulators say people who have a “significant history’’ of allergic reactions shouldn’t receive the new Pfizer COVID vaccine while they investigate two adverse reactions.

The reaction is mixed among Mercer County residents as to whether they would take a vaccine for the coronavirus when one becomes available.

Starting Dec. 9, tests will be available to the public from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., provided by Cooper University Health Care.

The previous peak was 337 in late April, but the number of people needing hospital beds had dropped to 29 by late August. Now there’s 338 COVID-19 patients in the hospital.