Health & Science

New Jersey has named the five additional cities that are part of its community-based vaccination program. New Jersey-based Johnson & Johnson awaits vaccine approval.

Most countries — especially top carbon polluters China, U.S., and India — missed a deadline for submitting official emission-cutting targets for climate negotiations.

The challenge will be explaining how protective the J&J shot is after the astounding success of the first U.S. vaccines.

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In cities, wildlife like raccoons and coyotes tend to elicit shrieks of horror, rather than cries for compassion. Why we should rethink our relationship with urban wildlife.

Because of supply issues, the county has administered more than 18,400 first doses and more than 9,000 second doses to date.

Residents of dozens of suburban ZIP codes are being vaccinated using city supply at rates almost four times that of the least vaccinated areas of Philadelphia.

Health Commissioner Judy Persichilli announced that visitation will only restart in counties with less serious coronavirus infection rates.

All four basin states — Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and Delaware — supported the ban, citing scientific evidence the practice harms drinking water.

The COVID-19 pandemic has put more focus on our breath since the virus often attacks the lungs and can lead to shortness of breath and respiratory distress.

Breathing: it's something that most of us don't even think about, until we have trouble doing it.

The White House said in a press release that the masks will be available between March and May, and are expected to benefit some 12 to 15 million Americans.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy is reiterating his commitment to equitable coronavirus vaccine distribution as the state inches closer to 1.8 million shots delivered.

The Pennsylvania Department of Health said it was unaware that Geisinger had arranged for family members to be inoculated until alerted by The Associated Press.

One Medical has been allowing ineligible people to receive COVID-19 vaccines. Staff questioned what they saw as inappropriate, internal documents obtained by NPR show.