Health

AstraZeneca said that globally some 18,000 people have received the vaccine as part of the trial.

So far at least, participation by people of color volunteers in coronavirus trials has increased only slightly, compared to usual low levels.

The study “definitively indicates — in a way that previous studies have struggled to do — the potential for transmission to family members."

A CDC study of 314 adults who had been tested for the coronavirus found that the positive cases were twice as likely to have dined at a restaurant within a two-week period.

People aged 14-18 accounted for 4% of the new positive cases, and residents between the ages of 19-24 made up 6% of new cases.

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.