Health & Science

“This is not ethical or moral and it needs to stop,” said Montgomery County Commissioner Val Arkoosh during a virtual briefing on Wednesday.

The founder of the Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium, cited as a potential clinic provider, feels caught in the middle of a political fight.

Dr. Ala Stanford says people who don’t yet qualify are showing up at her group’s vaccine clinics, forcing her to be a moral compass.

Restaurants will have to ensure that they meet the required standard of air changes per hour in order to raise indoor dining limits.

The tool will help Pennsylvanians understand where they fall in the prioritization effort, and will alert them when it is their turn to schedule a COVID vaccine appointment.

Delaware is one of nine states that has given at least 10% of its residents at least one of two needed vaccination shots, its public health director says.

City officials are encouraged by the overall decline in case counts, but they are still urging people not to let their guard down.

The nonprofit Public Health Management Corp. offered vaccines to its 3,000-member staff, many of whom aren’t eligible yet.

On the state level, this kind of information is already published regularly.

Older Pennsylvanians, who are supposed to be among the first in line to get the vaccine, are also struggling with clunky and disjointed online signups.

WHO food safety and animal diseases expert Peter Ben Embarek announced that assessment Tuesday at the end of a visit by a WHO team that is investigating the virus' origins.

Scientists say vaccinations need to be as fast as possible to prevent more contagious coronavirus variants from taking over.

Public officials celebrated Monday as New Jersey hit a milestone: More than one million vaccine doses have gone to residents, workers, and students across the state.

The “Momnibus” was originally introduced in March 2020 but got little traction because it was just days before the country was thrown full bore into the COVID-19 pandemic.

How long is the wait to hear back? Is it first-come, first-served? What about line-jumping? WHYY’s Health Desk Help Desk wondered too.