Health & Science

The health system plans to open a state-of-the-art women’s center in Juniata Park. OB-GYNs say the move jeopardizes patient safety.

More than 500,000 Americans have died of COVID-19 since last Thanksgiving, for an overall death toll of over 770,000.

State Police will be helping to set up clinics in Burlington and Somerset counties in the coming weeks. A Gloucester County site has been operating since September.

When the virus spreads unseen and unabated, health experts say, more people contract it and variants may arise.

All adults who received the initial vaccine are now eligible to further boost their immunity, CDC says.

Thursday will be our second pandemic Thanksgiving. The vaccines have helped, but there are still steps we can take to keep everyone safe.

That brisk, crisp, slightly sharp scent we associate with the fall is the smell of leaves, trees, and plants decaying through the season.

The holiday season could strain COVID-19 home test supplies as more Americans try to screen themselves before Thanksgiving and other family gatherings.

Even as some parents may hesitate, the evidence indicates that the doses for children — which are lower than those for adults — are safe and effective.

Mayor Jim Kenney announced Philadelphia will require that all city employees be vaccinated against COVID-19 by mid-January.

Health officials are urging customers at a Blackwood Clementon Road coffee shop to get vaccinated for hep A.

The government is trying to get ahead of rising coronavirus cases that experts fear could snowball into a winter surge with upcoming holiday travel.