Health & Science

Corrections officials had eliminated an earlier outbreak at the state’s biggest state prison near Smyrna. Now its facility in Georgetown has become a hot spot.

Thursday night’s session offered 149 community members a presentation on the research effort announced last year. The Q&A went more than an hour.

A four member legislative panel, which would include two members of the Senate and two members of the Assembly, would have to approve any borrowing.

Why sex workers say the laws harm the most vulnerable among their ranks — and put their lives in danger.

Several beaches in Delaware had been temporarily closed because of the storm.

The World Health Organization has issued a new scientific brief that summarizes what's known about the different ways the coronavirus can transmit.

In sharp contrast to abstinence-only education or “Just Say No,” America has been moving toward a public health approach that doesn ...

In Kensington, Rosalind Pichardo learned, people using drugs usually want to have Narcan on hand. Drug dealers were tougher to convince.

Why does boredom drive some people to risky behaviors and others to creative ones? We'll learn how to channel boredom into something positive.

Some Americans are left to wonder why the U.S. can't seem to get its act together, especially after it was given fair warning as the virus spread in China and elsewhere.

One million of those cases have been confirmed over the past month — part of a wave of infection that began after many states started to reopen their economies in May.

"What I've been able to do is relate to my clients when they are experiencing the systemic oppression and racism that weighs on all of our shoulders. I understand."

The president has often appeared in public to shake hands with supporters and mingle with crowds, at times without a mask.

“We’re five months into this and there are still shortages of gowns, hair covers, shoe covers, masks, N95 masks,” said Deborah Burger, president of National Nurses United.

Here's what we know about the novel coronavirus' different modes of transmission.