Health & Science

NASA got permission from the Navajo Nation to use their language to name some points of interest on Mars.

Friday was the first of three scheduled first-dose opportunities to take place in Center City. All vaccinations are by appointment.

The state’s vaccination supply is increasing to help meet Wolf’s goal. State officials are also helping counties set up clinics and mass-vaccination sites.

Center City toilets are being cut from six to three, and moved down the block.

Who becomes a physician in this country — and who never gets that chance? It’s a question a lot of medical schools are grappling with ...

The MCAT is supposed to gauge future success. But it can also be a financial barrier to underrepresented groups.

The goal seemed pretty clear cut, to enroll a medical school class containing at least 3,000 students of color by the year 2000. Why did it fail?

Now that people have been using the apps for a while, states are measuring how useful they actually have been, and what could make them better.

A new memo advises people that they can make indoor visits to long-term care facilities, even if they’re not vaccinated. Pa., N.J., and Del. are reviewing it.

The moratorium, almost a year old, was seen as a necessary way of keeping people hard-hit by the pandemic from going without basic utilities, like gas, water, and electricity.

As of early March, two-thirds of Philadelphia’s supply had gone to city residents.

Residents of Birchwood at Cedars Village set out to organize a vaccine event for themselves. They had to jump through unexpected hoops to do it.

Today marks one year since Del. announced a UD professor tested positive for COVID-19, its first confirmed case. Here’s how the college experience may change permanently.

The change, effective immediately for those age 65-74, aligns the city’s distribution system with the suburban counties and the rest of Pennsylvania.

The increased capacity limits at restaurants, gyms, and salons start next Friday, March 19.