Health

A Delaware County Memorial nurse called the announcement by Crozer Health a frightening development.

The request Thursday is broader than rival pharmaceutical company Pfizer’s request earlier this week for the regulator to approve a booster shot for all seniors.

The White House has warned it will run out of money to cover COVID-19 tests, treatments, and vaccines unless Congress approves additional spending.

The two Pennsylvania hospitals would be among 35 shake-ups nationwide, according to the Veterans Affairs secretary’s Asset and Infrastructure Review report.

Drugmaker Pfizer is expected to request authorization this week for an additional COVID-19 booster dose for seniors, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Penn researcher Drew Weissman spent decades developing mRNA technology. He says it helps target the rapidly mutating human immunodeficiency virus.

More than 12.7 million children in the U.S. alone have tested positive for the coronavirus since the pandemic began.

Fifty-three epidemiologists, pharmacologists, virologists, immunologists, and policy experts came together to nail down some strategies.

Obama is encouraging more Americans to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, despite the declining infection rate in the U.S.

While the number of overdose deaths is lower than expected for 2021, advocates say the state now needs to implement approved policies to address the crisis.

Noises can be painfully loud for people with hyperacusis, a rare hearing condition. When the March 2020 shutdown quieted the environment, less sound meant less suffering. 

The new Ginsburg Institute will focus on the root causes of asthma, obesity, diabetes, and behavioral disorders that disproportionately affect Black and Latino kids.

The 20-time Grand Slam champion tweeted Wednesday that the Centers for Disease Control “confirmed the regulations won’t be changing so I won’t be able to play in the U.S.”

The prospective buyer of the shuttered Chester County hospitals has ended a new bid to purchase and reopen them.

Clothing, carpeting, even microwave popcorn bags may have been manufactured using some members of this toxic class of chemicals.