Health & Science

In Pennsylvania, anyone who becomes physically ill or disabled after the deadline to apply for an absentee ballot is eligible for an emergency absentee ballot.

New Jersey officials advise residents to not travel as the state has exceeded more than 1,000 cases on a daily basis for the last several weeks.

Over the last week in Pennsylvania, there have been five days with more than 2,000 new cases reported per day.

Here are some examples from a variety of different perspectives of how to take care of yourself and not get too stressed out during a stressful and sometimes tragic time.

Across the region, WHYY readers and listeners report an increase in wildlife in and around their local waterways. Is that a good sign for the watershed?

The surge is particularly acute in the Midwest and Great Plains. Health experts say the increase is being driven in large part by people who don't exhibit any symptoms.

Halloween parties may have started a bit early in Newark, Delaware. Police cited more than 60 people for violating the city's limit on public gathering size.

In the past week, the U.S. has blown past record levels of infection that were seen in the summer, when new cases topped 77,000 in July.

Where are hospitals reaching capacity? Which metro areas are running out of beds? NPR has learned agencies collect and analyze this information in detail but don't share it.

Sarcasm, trading insults, in-jokes continue a tradition that began when the first enslaved Africans arrived here back in 1619.

There’s not a lot to laugh about right now. But throughout the pandemic, we’ve managed to joke about our shared misery — like makin ...

Many don’t perceive jokes that rely on sarcasm and dual meanings. Improv comedy can help with understanding that, and teach other life skills.

Some people laugh when they want to cry, or cry when they want to laugh. Turns out, there’s a type of emotion regulation at work.

When my spouse spent 48 weeks on chemo, I got markers and paper lunch bags, and tried the gallows humor thing.

Murphy said during a virtual press conference that the state was beefing up its stockpile of personal protective equipment to deal with rising infections and hospitalizations.