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With a few exceptions, Rutgers University students will be required to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination.

City health officials aren’t endorsing the site, however, because they can’t ensure accuracy.

Across the commonwealth, 1,652 people are hospitalized with the virus. It’s an uptick in the trend after a period of falling hospitalization numbers.

There's no link between COVID-19 vaccines and death. But a new NPR analysis finds stories implying a link have gone viral this year at a dramatic rate.

In line with the CDC, most students can be within three feet of each other, as long as masks are worn and handwashing is frequent.

The effort includes a website where employees and businesses can turn to for reopening information, as well as a marketing campaign and live events.

Officials plan to finish testing by the end of March and say they will propose regulations this year that would set health limits for some of the chemicals.

Many public health experts are now increasingly optimistic about how the pandemic is playing out in the U.S.. Here's what they say we can expect for the rest of 2021.

There’s still a major divide when it comes to race and ethnicity of city vaccine recipients.

The relaxing of visitation rules in long-term care comes as N.J. grapples with a significant surge in new coronavirus infections, as well as an uptick in hospitalizations.

When Pa. relaxes restaurant restrictions on April 4, Philadelphia won’t be following suit, citing a rise in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations.

The governor said restrictions might be eased in the coming days but is also concerned about a recent uptick in cases and hospitalizations.

The problem arose after a QR code intended for people at the Convention Center to make their second-dose appointments was shared widely.

Affluent countries are hoarding vaccines. So how do you make vaccine distribution more equitable? And what threat does vaccine nationalism pose to the ending the pandemic?