Health & Science

Long-term care facilities account for less than 1% of the U.S. population, but more than 40 percent of COVID-19 deaths.

Potential accuracy issues with a widely used coronavirus test could lead to false results for patients, U.S. health officials warned.

The app is designed to automatically notify people if they might have been exposed to the coronavirus.

Here's everything you need to know about the different coronavirus tests and what they can — and can't — tell you.

Public health officials and hospitals had feared disaster in the spring. But the number of people needing inpatient treatment has steadily declined.

In May and June, the Pennsylvania Health Department did inspections, mostly following up on complaints about COVID-19. The data has just been released.

Gov. Murphy confirms N.J. will use largely the same plan from the primary for the general election. This time all registered voters will get a mail-in ballot.

When the pandemic began, many hospitals strictly restricted visitors. At some, faith leaders have been limited to phone calls and video chats ever since.

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A race-car accident shook her frontal lobes and cerebellum like a baby rattle, doctors said. Personality change after a trauma like that isn’t uncommon. 

Psychologists have a name for that sense of being different when we’re with different groups of friends: our social selves.

“This is America. Be a patriot. Protect your fellow citizens. Step up, do the right thing.”

Of the positive cases interviewed by contact-tracers, more than 40% believed they knew the person who they got the infection from, usually a household member.

When treatment facilities ignore coronavirus protocols, patients are forced to choose between recovery and safety.

Guterres said the pandemic has raised growing questions about the effectiveness of health systems, social services, trust in institutions and systems of governance.