Health

As boomers age, hospital systems, government agencies, insurers have shifted long-term care away from costly institutions. The pandemic may accelerate that.

Testing by the Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium, led by physician Ala Stanford, will happen at two transit stations weekly.

It's likely the disease will be here with us year-round and for years to come, says Albert Ko, an epidemiologist at Yale and co-chair of the Reopen Connecticut Advisory Group.

Coronavirus cases are rising in nearly half the U.S. states. And while many are chalked up to increased testing or to small, local outbreaks, others are more alarming.

For independent pharmacies already struggling to compete with large chains, losses incurred by looting could force them to close in the weeks or months ahead.

Face coverings are now required, but police will not enforce the rule.

“No one should be forced to choose between their livelihood and contracting COVID-19,” said N.J. Labor Commissioner Rob Asaro-Angelo.

The City of Wilmington aims to increase restaurant business while keeping diners safe amid the coronavirus pandemic by launching curbside seating.

More than 112,000 people have died from COVID-19 in the U.S. — the most fatalities reported by any nation, according to a tracker from Johns Hopkins University.

Historically, those expecting babies have been excluded from non-pregnancy related clinical trials.

“We’re missing the whole point of this,” said Wolf. “We’re trying to stay safe from a virus that is bent on infecting as many people as it can.”

The number of people getting inpatient treatment in Delaware as of Tuesday night was 108, less than half the figure of May 21.

Murphy administration eliminates plan to spend $80 million to start replacing the lines

Delaware’s infection rate is one of the highest in the nation, and the state has now surpassed 10,000 cases — more than 1 percent of the population.

The Wolf administration on Monday ordered facilities to test all staff and residents once by mid-summer.