Health & Science

The COVID-19 response plan that President Biden unveiled last week aims to dramatically increase the accessibility of rapid tests for the coronavirus.

Cases and hospitalizations are at a seven-month high in Delaware, but that’s not keeping down crowds at festivals, sports contests, and other events.

The cases — driven by the delta variant combined with resistance among some Americans to getting vaccinated — are concentrated mostly in the South.

As the federal government decides who should get a booster shot, New Jersey officials are getting ready for an “anticipated” high demand for vaccine booster shots.

As the delta variant causes more vaccinated people to get "breakthrough infections," concerns are rising that even the vaccinated could develop long COVID symptoms.

Fear of lawsuits means the baby becomes the sole focus, experts say — and everyone is hurried home to avoid costs.

With cases rising, health-care experts are urging the legislature to extend regulatory changes to maximize the number of workers in hospitals and long-term care settings.

Mu has been identified in multiple countries, including the U.S., since January. WHYY’s Health Desk Help Desk asked about its impact thus far.

A case of the virus, which claimed a 12-year-old boy's life, has sparked fears of a new outbreak in India. Researchers fear that the deadly disease has the potential to cause

The reality is breakthrough cases are becoming more common. Here's what you should know about getting a breakthrough case — and what I wish I'd known.

Plans for COVID-19 booster shots in some Western countries are highlighting vast disparities in access to vaccines around the world.

Cases of COVID-19 more than quadrupled at the University of Delaware this week, school officials say, stretching on-campus quarantine space to the max.

The Health Department said some doctors are pushing stock exemptions that are available to anyone, regardless of medical necessity.

What's behind the decision of a quarter of Americans who haven't been vaccinated? And, with a shortage of ICU beds and ventilators in several states, who gets treated?

The passing of 20 years since the 9/11 terror attacks has meant that some of the wounds cut by that day have closed — others have not. ...