Health

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?

Pa. residents with mobile devices will receive emergency alerts about COVID-19 through the WEA system, which notifies people of threats like severe weather and Amber Alerts.

A surge of COVID-19 cases behind bars has spread to multiple prisons in Delaware, mirroring the resurgence among the general public.

The first batch of up to 15,000 doses could come as early as Dec. 11, if FDA grants approval the previous day. Getting an adequate supply will take months.

Earlier this month, nurses at 4 hospitals authorized strikes over safe staffing ratios, other issues. St. Mary nurses and Trinity Health have yet to agree.

Epidemiologists say governments need to do more than just order people not to see friends and family.

There’s now a “repair or demolish” order on the Rodeway Inn, which is in a historic Center City property.