Health

Philly will issue a “stay-at-home” order for all residents starting at 8 a.m. Monday. A similar order takes effect in Delaware on Tuesday through mid-May.

Mental health professionals in the Philly area are offering free online therapy for health care workers working on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Local health systems are rushing to stock supplies, clear patients out of emergency rooms to make room for patients with severe COVID-19 symptoms.

The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first rapid point-of-care COVID-19 test, that can deliver results in less than an hour.

540 people had registered in advance by Saturday. The site will be open every day from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., as testing supplies allow.

Temporarily suspended license expiration dates and some fee waivers are the steps being taken to free up more than 14,000 nurse practitioners.

In some cases, patients have been shown to develop an immune reaction called the cytokine storm. Youth can’t protect you from it.

The site will test those with the most common symptoms of COVID-19 — a cough and fever — and prioritize health care workers and those over 50.

Three data visualizations show how the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases is growing in Pa. as Philly sees a surge.

New Jersey also joined with Pennsylvania, New York and Connecticut to request $100 billion in cash assistance from the federal government.

Will it be enough? That’s the question on everyone’s mind, and it’s a difficult one to answer.

Some patients in treatment for opioid use disorder will be able to take home up to a month’s supply of methadone, Pennsylvania officials announced Wednesday.

Gov. Carney is limiting restaurants to take-out and delivery service for the time being. Many are closing completely, but some are open with skeleton crews.

Family Court facilities in Georgetown in Sussex County are closed until further notice. A worker there showed signs of COVID-19 at security checkpoint.

Many of us are practicing social distancing to help slow the spread of the coronavirus – keeping away from other people and staying at ...