Health & Science

Vaccinated Philadelphians will no longer need to wear masks indoors, except in certain settings, like public transportation, schools, city courts.

COVID-19 vaccines are effective and state officials have the data to prove it. Of more than two million residents who were fully vaccinated, a small fraction got the virus.

At the Please Touch Museum Tuesday, Philadelphia and Pa. health officials discussed safety guidelines for children who can’t get the vaccine yet.

The governor was often peeved last year when residents were being told to quarantine when visiting New Jersey or Pennsylvania. This year he’s optimistic that won’t happen.

With little ones in group learning settings again, those runny noses and ear infections are starting to come back too, doctors say.

For some, loosening mask restrictions have become a source of stress and uncertainty — a sign of the erosion of trust that’s occurred during the pandemic.

FDA approved the controversial Alzheimer’s drug aducanumab. We'll talk with Penn Memory Center's Dr. Jason Karlawish about the decision and the state of Alzheimer's research.

If you’re living in a part of Trenton, Camden, or Atlantic City with low vaccination rates, you might get a knock on your door this week from a state volunteer.

There will be three drawings in June and July, with the first one on June 21. There is a total of $400,000 in giveaways, including cash prizes.

The Food and Drug Administration said it granted approval to the drug developed by Biogen for patients with Alzheimer's disease.

As the county aims for a health department launch in 2022, local nonprofits are using the grant money to address health and dental care needs in children.

How will we reset the pandemic radar on the job? With friends? While dating? WHYY’s Health Desk Help Desk asked about the office fridge, handshakes, and more.

Biden used his weekly address for a brief Zoom chat with Obama to draw attention to the six-month expanded enrollment period that closes Aug. 15.

The decision comes after more than a year of hearings and increasingly heated debate on whether the community should host such a project.

Saturday marks the first of two awareness days in June that honor people who live with HIV/AIDS, four decades after the first cases of AIDS were reported by the CDC.