Health & Science

Potential accuracy issues with a widely used coronavirus test could lead to false results for patients, U.S. health officials warned.

The move applies to some 1.57 million acres of the refuge's coastal plain.

A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study published on Monday is the latest to confirm that the coronavirus disproportionately impacts communities of color in the US.

The app is designed to automatically notify people if they might have been exposed to the coronavirus.

Here's everything you need to know about the different coronavirus tests and what they can — and can't — tell you.

The answer to this question rests on the way the virus is transmitted — a topic that is still being researched.

Public health officials and hospitals had feared disaster in the spring. But the number of people needing inpatient treatment has steadily declined.

Between face shields, neck gaiters and goggles, the options for protection are getting more complex.

In May and June, the Pennsylvania Health Department did inspections, mostly following up on complaints about COVID-19. The data has just been released.

Gov. Murphy confirms N.J. will use largely the same plan from the primary for the general election. This time all registered voters will get a mail-in ballot.

The vast majority of states are gathering data from their contact tracing programs, but only 13 respondents reported that the data was posted on a government website.

When the pandemic began, many hospitals strictly restricted visitors. At some, faith leaders have been limited to phone calls and video chats ever since.

Are you an introvert or an extrovert? Open to new experiences, or comforted by routine? Shy or the life of the party? Figuring out what m ...

A race-car accident shook her frontal lobes and cerebellum like a baby rattle, doctors said. Personality change after a trauma like that isn’t uncommon. 

Psychologists have a name for that sense of being different when we’re with different groups of friends: our social selves.