Health

The FDA’s surprise announcement Friday set the expected schedule for vaccine eligibility for the youngest Americans back several months.

The director of Burlington County’s health department is encouraging people to get tested for COVID before they attend a party for the big game this weekend.

The FDA reversed course and said it had become clear it needed to wait for data on how well that third shot works for this age group.

Negotiations between the two entities will continue until a “definitive agreement” is reached. A deal could close in the second half of this year.

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As more places drop mask orders and other COVID-19 precautions, there's new urgency in finding ways to protect up to 7 million Americans with severely weak immune systems.

Governors in several states have rolled back mask mandates for schools but is it too soon in the pandemic to end universal masking in classrooms?

The nonprofit has been battling for years with the U.S. Justice Department to open a supervised injection site in Philadelphia.

The governor says people need to protect themselves with the mask mandate for businesses ending Friday, and for schools on April 1.

The governor had reinstituted the mask requirement on Jan. 11, after leaders of overwhelmed hospitals had retreated to “crisis” levels of care.

Symptoms can hang on for a while. Maybe longer than you expect, as a reporter for WHYY’s Health Desk Help Desk learned.

A Penn study shows pandemic-era telehealth eliminated inequity in the rate of Black patients making it to primary care appointments after hospitalization.

The ongoing COVID-19 crisis requires strong partnerships across every level of society, write Sen. Tim Kearney, Dr. Monica Taylor, and Dr. Azmat Husain.

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The urgent request, granted by the West Goshen Supervisors, comes as the closures of Jennersville and Brandywine hospitals have a domino effect.