Health

After passengers filed off a flight from China five weeks ago, cabin cleaners at the Los Angeles International Airport were sent in to clean the plane.

A woman came to my clinic to discuss her irregular menstrual periods. She had scheduled the appointment weeks in advance, and we were slated to have 20 minutes together.

Temple University says students in Italy will have to make their own arrangements and fly home as the school closes its satellite campus in the European nation.

A person in Washington state infected with coronavirus has died, according to the Seattle and King County Department of Health.

How prepared is Philadelphia — and its residents — for the arrival of COVID-19? Pandemic experts weigh in on the city’s vulnerabilities, and the best ways to prep.

Inpatient care services may not totally disappear from Mercy Philadelphia Hospital, if the right partners can be found.

As the coronavirus spreads around the globe, there are steps you can take to protect yourself and your family.

Earlier, City Councilmember David Oh introduced, to wide support among his outraged colleagues, a bill that will effectively ban such sites in Philadelphia.

The Federal Trade Commission, jointly with the Pennsylvania Attorney General, said it has been authorized to file a lawsuit in federal district court.

President Donald Trump says the U.S. is “very, very ready” for whatever the new coronavirus threat brings.

Mayor Kenney, who supports the sites, said they could save up to 75 people from overdose death each year.

No one has tested positive for the new coronavirus in Pennsylvania, but the state’s health secretary said Wednesday preparations are underway to deal with the serious illness.

Preliminary results show elevated levels of the so-called “forever chemicals” PFOS and PFOA near the installation in Delaware.

In the Philippines priests sprinkled ashes on the heads of the faithful to avoid physical contact.

Trump and members of the administration have been sending mixed messages about the virus.