Health

It is another sign that the disease, which hadn’t been seen in the U.S. in a decade, is quietly spreading among unvaccinated people, health officials said Friday.

The agreement does not include the restoration of other shuttered services and units within the hospitals.

They say new studies suggest taking two tests can miss too many infections, and could result in people spreading COVID to others, especially if they don't develop symptoms.

The modern ICU, or Intensive Care Unit, was born out of a time of crisis. It was 1952, and polio was raging in many places — especially ...

Online providers say much of the demand has come from patients in states where abortion is now restricted.

The changes are driven by a recognition that an estimated 95% of Americans 16 and older have acquired some level of immunity, either from being vaccinated or infected.

Health care premiums could jump more than 20% for thousands of public employees.

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The city says nearly all 22,000 workers have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine or have exemption status.

The proposed legislation would require hospitals to give notice 180 days and meet a set of regulatory benchmarks before they can close.

A report published Monday by Children First shows COVID’s toll on young Philadelphians. Students and child advocates want more school-based services.

Among households that had a serious illness in the past year, one in five respondents said they had trouble accessing care during the pandemic.

Temple Health will manage the facility which will be named Temple Health-Chestnut Hill Hospital following the acquisition.

Wastewater testing has proved a reliable early alarm bell for COVID-19 outbreaks. U.S. researchers are now adapting the approach to track the explosive spread of monkeypox.

City officials say the sample size is too small to report demographics, but other places do it.