Health

U.S. health officials say staying home for the upcoming winter holidays is the best way to stay safe and protect others.

Some panel members and other experts had also grown concerned by comments from Trump administration officials that suggested differing vaccine priorities.

The daily case count reported Tuesday was the highest of the pandemic and hospitalizations have risen more than 150 percent in the last month.

Since Allegheny, Bucks, Chester, Erie, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties have their own health departments, they are excluded from the testing expansion.

European regulators may approve a coronavirus vaccine developed by drugmakers Pfizer and BioNTech within four weeks, the EU’s drug agency said Tuesday.

This discovery adds to evidence that the virus was quietly spreading around the world before health officials and the public were aware, disrupting previous thinking.

"You have to assume you were exposed and you became infected"

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.