Health & Science

Temple University won't welcome back graduate and undergraduate students until Jan. 19, 2021 as the university deals with educating students amid the coronavirus.

Consider canceling family holiday gatherings, says Philly Health Commissioner Farley. Be mindful of flu season, state Health Secretary Levine says.

Health experts had warned that it was only a matter of time before deaths turned upward, given the record-breaking surge in cases engulfing the country.

Some activists say DEP looks set to allow development in flood-prone areas.

A Kaiser Family Foundation estimate suggests around 54 million people have conditions that — without legal protections — could prompt health insurers to deny them policies.

On average, each U.S. nursing home is connected to seven others through shared staff, a study by Yale and UCLA researchers suggests.

Gov. Phil Murphy announced that the state submitted the first draft of its COVID-19 vaccination plan on Oct. 16.

People who have been infected with SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19, shed virus particles through their poop when they go to the bathroom.

With case counts exceeding 1,000 every day for the last 21 days, state health officials say the current fall surge is starting to outpace the initial wave of infections.

State entomologists found the nest in a tree near the Canadian border. They were led there by an Asian giant hornet to which they had attached a radio tracker.

The study suggests that if 95% of Americans wore masks in public it could drastically reduce the amount of COVID-19 deaths by February.

COVID-19 cases are surging across the country and with Thanksgiving right around the corner, is it safe to travel to spend the holiday with friends and family?

Gov. Phil Murphy has once again signed an executive order to extend New Jersey’s public health emergency, citing a steep increase in coronavirus cases in recent days.

Cases of the virus have been rising in the U.S. since mid-September.

The memorial opened as Pennsylvania experiences another surge of the deadly coronavirus.