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Testing and Contact Tracing Director Michael Huff said the tiered approach to testing will prioritize the most vulnerable.

The program is the latest push by Gov. Phil Murphy’s administration to combat the opioid epidemic, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact public health and the economy.

People of color get sick and die of COVID-19 at rates higher than whites and higher than their share of the population.

Google and Apple teamed up on using smartphones to track COVID infections. But the systems are only available in a few states, used by a tiny percent of the population.

It will be one of the world’s largest coronavirus vaccine studies so far, testing in 60,000 volunteers in the U.S.

The Recovery Center will begin with online sessions, but it offers a plethora of resources to help residents fight substance abuse.

The in-home tests are designed especially to help older residents who are at higher risk of infection and may be hesitant to go to a public testing site.

There are many potential hurdles between Philly Latinos and a COVID-19 test — even though they're contracting the virus at high rates.

Over 200,000 people have now died from COVID-19 in the U.S., reaching what was once the upper limit of some estimates for the American death toll.

The now-deleted updates were notable because so far the CDC has stopped short of saying that the virus is airborne.

PUA was created through the federal CARES Act and is easier to apply for than other forms of unemployment benefits.

Cases numbers in New Jersey are increasing, state officials said on Monday. The rate of spread is highest in the southern part of the state.

The FDA still limits gay men who've recovered from COVID-19 from donating their plasma. It's a relic of the 1980s HIV epidemic advocates say should be a thing of the past.

The awareness campaign with striking posters has already been in New York, Atlanta, Savannah, Miami, Nashville, Dallas and Chicago.

One thing that has improved a lot over the course of the pandemic is treatment of seriously ill COVID-19 patients in intensive care units. Here's one man's success story.