Health

The committee pressed the health officials for details on why the response has not been more effective and whether Trump prevented health experts from taking action sooner.

There's way more testing for COVID-19 now in the Philly region than there was when the lockdowns started three months ago. So why can it still be so tough to get a test?

It’s been three months since Pennsylvania’s first reported cases of the coronavirus. Here are some key statistics about the outbreak based on our analysis.

More than three months after the state began to shut down, Pa. is slowly returning to a new normal, but painful reminders of the outbreak’s toll remain.

The head of the World Health Organization is warning that the coronavirus pandemic “is still accelerating” around the globe.

While politicians spar over the topic, a growing number of scientific studies support the idea that masks are a critical tool in curbing the spread of the coronavirus.

The health department says that while the teens were there, they attended large parties in nearby Rehoboth that may have exposed more than 100 partygoers to the virus.

The announcement could represent the final judgment in the effort to determine whether the drug can be used to treat patients hospitalized with COVID-19.

In a world not pressured by COVID-19, a legit vetting process like that can take years, said Lyke. And she worries that a hasty embrace of a drug could do more harm than good.

Some public health experts say the increase is because younger adults may perceive that they are less at risk and are more likely to venture back into society as it reopens.

The coronavirus pandemic reached a new one-day high Thursday with 150,000 new confirmed cases, according to the WHO, almost half of which were in the Americas.

The state in March banned outside guests in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities, which had been reporting a significant number of COVID-19 cases.

Delaware's Phase 2 reopening started Monday, with most businesses now allowed to operate at 60% capacity.

Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate dipped to 13.1% in May, but remains more than double the rate recorded in March, according to state data released Friday. 

A TSA official filed a whistleblower complaint alleging the agency didn't properly train staff, making them a "significant carrier" of the coronavirus.