Health

The mental health consequences of sheltering in place and social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic can be overwhelming. Here are some ways to cope.

Intended to protect the physical health of young patients at behavioral facilities, the guidelines can exact a toll on their mental health, too.

In one of the quickest meetings in Philadelphia City Council history, members approved $85.4 million in emergency funding to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

Nearly 10 million Americans have filed for unemployment benefits in the past two weeks.

The latest update to the state of emergency orders businesses to take more steps to enforce social distancing at the workplace.

Many of us worry: Do we need to sanitize groceries, stop ordering takeout? Probably not, as grocery stores and restaurants increase safety efforts.

People are trying to follow social distancing guidelines, so health systems are trying out bringing cancer treatments to their patients’ homes.

The White House task force will give an update on the current state of the novel coronavirus outbreak.

The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections is considering releasing hundreds of prisoners to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 within the system.

U.S. health regulators are telling drugmakers to immediately pull their popular heartburn drugs off the market after determining a contamination issue with the medication.

The number of coronavirus cases in Delaware is more than doubling every three days, with a 260% increase in cases over the past week.

The state health commissioner says some hospitals have started to divert patients as they deal with a surge in coronavirus cases.

Gov. Tom Wolf extended his stay-at-home order to all 12.8 million people in the state.

Across the Philly region, many mental health providers have moved services online.

About 1 in 7 city courts are now unplayable, and more takedowns are planned.