Health

Scientists are racing to develop a COVID-19 vaccine, but a Philly expert says it takes years to do safely and outlines the risks of rushing the process.

This feature is confounding doctors’ understanding of what was once considered mainly a respiratory infection. It's also raising questions about prevention and treatment.

Carney’s rolling reopening will also no longer require out-of-staters to self-quarantine for 14 days upon entering Delaware.

Officials at Philadelphia International Airport had initially planned Friday to remove the between 50 and 100 homeless people.

The Trump administration’s new strategy for coronavirus testing comes as the U.S. death toll from the pandemic is approaching 100,000.

“Right now, we're not in the second wave. We're right in the middle of the first wave globally," said Dr. Mike Ryan, the World Health Organization's executive director.

Many laid-off workers who lost health insurance in the coronavirus shutdown soon face the first deadlines to qualify for fallback coverage under the Affordable Care Act.

The move comes after the medical journal The Lancet reported on Friday that patients getting hydroxychloroquine were dying at higher rates than other coronavirus patients.

The WHO will pause the hydroxychloroquine arm of its clinical trial after a published paper showed people taking the drug were at higher risk of death and heart problems.

Gov. Carney said Delaware will reopen different sectors gradually in the next few days, to allow people to go back to work safely and to plan for the 4th of July weekend.

The good news is that the city’s parks and trails will be open this weekend, with social distancing still in place.

Testing is crucial at the VA Community Living Center in West Philly. Its medical center, a regional testing hub for infectious diseases, adapted equipment.

The increase in people enrolling in medical assistance is exponentially higher than this time last year — but it’s still way less than officials expected.

There are legitimate concerns about how gyms can safely reopen without furthering the spread. But infectious disease experts say risk can be reduced by following simple rules.

A review by The Associated Press found that at least half of the states are not going to meet White House’s Monday deadline and many aren’t even bothering to try.