Health & Science

Residents of dozens of suburban ZIP codes are being vaccinated using city supply at rates almost four times that of the least vaccinated areas of Philadelphia.

Health Commissioner Judy Persichilli announced that visitation will only restart in counties with less serious coronavirus infection rates.

All four basin states — Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and Delaware — supported the ban, citing scientific evidence the practice harms drinking water.

The COVID-19 pandemic has put more focus on our breath since the virus often attacks the lungs and can lead to shortness of breath and respiratory distress.

Breathing: it's something that most of us don't even think about, until we have trouble doing it.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy is reiterating his commitment to equitable coronavirus vaccine distribution as the state inches closer to 1.8 million shots delivered.

The Pennsylvania Department of Health said it was unaware that Geisinger had arranged for family members to be inoculated until alerted by The Associated Press.

Montgomery County residents who pre-register by phone will get a call back notifying them of openings for vaccination appointments.

An analysis by U.S. regulators says Johnson & Johnson's single-dose vaccine protects against COVID-19.

Trying to sign up for the coronavirus vaccine in New Castle, Kent, and Sussex counties? WHYY has answers.

Trying to sign up for the coronavirus vaccine in Bucks, Berks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, or Philadelphia counties? WHYY has answers.

Andrei Doroshin did not elaborate on what he was sorry for. Instead, he pointed to unnamed “minor administrative decisions” as fodder used to discredit PFC.

Cases have continued to fall over the past two months, and the city has seen an 80% decrease in weekly case counts since the peak in mid-December.

Unions from around Pennsylvania that represent health care workers are throwing their support behind a set of safe-staffing measures.

Residents in Phase 1B say they’ve had a hard time signing up for COVID-19 vaccines. The city hopes to change that with three centrally located clinics.