Health & Science

Leveraging their shared life experience and local roots, community health workers aim to move the needle on long-standing health disparities.

The Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee has been out of session for the past year, but others worked to advance coronavirus-related concerns.

Before the coronavirus struck, loneliness was an “epidemic” among the elderly in the U.S. The pandemic revealed it was just part of the problem.

Now, scientists are worried that another coronavirus will strike again, from either a bat or some other animal. So they've gone hunting for potential sources.

Ruth Hopson survived the 1918 flu pandemic, and is preparing to outlive COVID-19.

The new location opened Friday near the Willow Grove Park Mall. It has the capacity to vaccinate 3,000 per day.

The city is broadening eligibility as places of worship opens up and more research on COVID-19 mortality comes out.

This past year has been defined by incalculable loss at the hands of coronavirus, police brutality, and political violence. But have we really faced our collective grief?

The Biden administration on Thursday revealed the outlines of a plan to “loan” a limited number of vaccines to Canada and Mexico.

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Scientists have found that results can change, brain scans from the same person doing the same thing can be different a week or a month later.

I’ve been anticipating getting a COVID-19 vaccine since the pandemic began. Last weekend, I was one of about 8,000 educators who got the first shot during a mass event in Del.

The clinic, likely to be located in Hunting Park, would be set up to deliver 3,000 shots per day in one of the most undervaccinated areas of the city.

In a statement, elected officials from Montco, Delco, Bucks, and Chesco say a single regional site will “compromise equitable distribution.”

Advocates say more outreach and walk-up access could help bridge the gap.