Health & Science

Some business owners are making their own strict COVID-19 mitigation rules, while others are planning for a “normal” summer.

A Pfizer clinical trial in younger kids is underway at Rutgers. WHYY’s Health Desk Help Desk talked to two families who signed up.

Days after the CDC issued new masking guidance for fully vaccinated people, much of the Philadelphia region is experiencing “substantial” levels of COVID-19 transmission.

An installation at Temple Lutheran Church in Haverford is the largest project Solarize Delco has completed. The county is creating a sustainability plan.

Japan's capital has exceeded 4,000 coronavirus infections for the first time — 4,058 cases, to be exact. That's a record high.

Four years ago, the government set a benchmark calling for every agency to commit to having no less than 12% of its employees made up of people with disabilities.

An ocean expedition exploring more than a mile under the surface of the Atlantic captured a startlingly silly sight this week: a sponge that looked very much like SpongeBob.

Turns out human sweat — our body's air conditioning system — is really pretty tame on the "yuck" scale of animal cooling methods.

For a while there, it seemed like things were finally heading back to normal. Now, not so much.

An unredacted version of data was sent in response to a Right-to-Know request regarding to COVID-19 cases and exposure in Montgomery County schools.

Delaware County has no health department, so Chester County handled its pandemic response until now. The new arrangement begins Aug. 1.

The state’s largest hospital system says all workers must have at least one dose by Sept. 21 if they want to keep their job.

New evidence shows the delta variant is as contagious as chickenpox and may be more dangerous than other versions.

Case counts in Philadelphia more than tripled over the latter half of July.

Delaware issues fines to insurers for not treating people with mental health or substance abuse issues as fairly as they treat others.