Health

The benefits would have covered the cost of meals students normally receive at school. Pa. officials are outraged that the USDA rejected their bid.

Pa. Health Secretary Rachel Levine says health care providers, EMTs, National Guard members, firefighters and police again answer the call to save lives.

Einstein Healthcare says its flagship North Philly facility could close without a merger. Federal and state authorities say it will bring less competition.

Funding for the Department of Human Services and the Department of Education make up the largest share of the budget that lawmakers pass each year.

The center will be a one-stop shop for many programs, including the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, and Jefferson's respiratory and transplant institutes.

For the first time in five months, international flights from countries deemed high-risk will be allowed to resume at the Philadelphia International Airport on Monday.

President Trump acknowledged the deadliness of the coronavirus in early February and admitted in March to playing down the virus's severity.

The public health campaign, called “Protect Your Circle,” will focus on encouraging youth to not open their circle to people they do not know and to get tested.

“This ought to be reassuring,” NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins said before a Senate committee.

Late-stage studies of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine are on temporary hold while the company investigates if a recipient’s “potentially unexplained” illness is a side effect.

The announcement comes amid worries that the FDA will be under political pressure to approve a vaccine before tests to prove it is safe and effective are finished.

Delaware needs to have fewer than 97 new coronavirus cases a day over a week to avoid being on the list. Sometimes, it’s under, and sometimes over.

The U.S. had about 1.6 million confirmed COVID-19 cases around Memorial Day. It now has more than 6.2 million cases, with related deaths more than doubling over the summer.

School meals are the only meals some children get in a day. But during the pandemic, school feeding programs have been reaching fewer and fewer families.

The coronavirus is disproportionately affecting African Americans and Latinos. Researchers aim to include groups they most want a vaccine to protect.