Fund amounts will vary based on the amount of time a student spent in virtual school The max benefit will be about $1,200 per child.

With a five percent positivity rate within reach, the county is making a slight change to its masking policy for outdoor sports and exercises.

Once the CDC director approves it as expected, New Jersey children ages 12 to 15 will be eligible for the Pfizer vaccine, health officials said Wednesday.

Tourism boosters expect the summer 2021 season to be a busy one as capacity limits are lifted, though employers are concerned about a labor shortage.

Morning Edition host Jennifer Lynn speaks with attorney Joe Oxman about the pandemic’s effect on the legal system as Philly begins to reintroduce jury trials.

N.J.’s top health official faced tough questions from state lawmakers Tuesday in a virtual hearing over the administration’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.

New cases, positivity rates and hospitalizations continue to drop as Carney prepares to lift indoor capacity restrictions for dining, shopping and working.

Mask orders will remain in place, but other business restrictions will come to an end. Officials urge vaccines for those going to large indoor gatherings.

The Food and Drug Administration says children 12 to 15 years old are now eligible to receive a key COVID-19 vaccine.

With impending federal approval to use the Pfizer vaccine on adolescents, New Jersey officials are devising plans to inoculate this younger population.

More than a year after it was closed to car traffic, Philadelphia officials have announced that Martin Luther King Drive will reopen the first week of August.

After waiting their turn, some of Chesco’s mostly Latino mushroom farm workers waited a bit longer to get their shots right on the job.

How do the vaccines boost immunity? Do people who’ve had the virus even need a dose? WHYY’s Health Desk Help Desk asked about the research.

From South Carolina to Washington, states are requesting the Biden administration send them only a fraction of what's been allocated to them.

Since COVID-19 took hold, mental health experts say, more adolescents and young adults have sought help to combat their eating disorders.