Health

An unacceptable level of fecal bacteria continues to keep a New Jersey beach closed while swimming is restricted at two others.

A combination of things — access to primary care, chronic health conditions and environmental factors — may be to blame, but researchers still can’t say.

Although daily COVID-19 deaths have fallen somewhat in recent days, the number of infections has continued to rise in many places, with no end in sight.

Recovery can last months with many needing rehab and facing long-term damage.

There’s a push to make telehealth a permanent fixture of the government’s flagship health program. But it will take involvement by Congress to do away with old restrictions.

It's happened with outbreaks going back for centuries: We blame "outsiders." Researchers have theories as to why. Public health groups have plans to stop it.

What if your body could corral an infection instead of eliminating it? Immunologists who see this in plants wonder what role it might play in asymptomatic COVID-19 infections.

New Jersey health officials are urging the public to take precautions against mosquitoes amid the peak of the West Nile Virus season.

The city’s #MaskUpPHL campaign proved more popular than expected.

People are understandably worried about the risks of contagion and being trapped in an enclosed space for the duration of a trip.

Miller had been at the FDA only 11 days. Her appointment was viewed in public health circles as further politicization of the agency at a crucial time in the COVID-19 pandemic

More than 20 organizations and individuals are developing and implementing policies to reduce the impact of the opioid epidemic on child-welfare involved families in Philly.

Decreasing the chance of someone getting the flu allows health officials to focus on the coronavirus until there are approved vaccines for it.

Philly is battling two public health crises: COVID-19 and an escalating gun violence epidemic. These two crises may be related and have communities of color reeling.

A century's worth of U.S. statistics finds mortality rates and life expectancy were much worse for Black Americans pre-pandemic than they have been for white Americans.