Health & Science

Gov. Ron DeSantis has not ordered a statewide mask mandate, even as the coronavirus sets new records in Florida. Some local officials have imposed their own restrictions.

The state earlier issued the recommendation for self-quarantine for people coming to the commonwealth from 15 other states.

For children, the distress shows itself in difficult moods, stomachaches or even regression to behaviors from earlier childhood.

Experts predicted states that saw increases in cases and hospitalizations would, at some point, see deaths rise too. Now that's happening.

Conspiracy theories need just the right ingredients to take off within a population, and the COVID-19 pandemic has been a breeding ground for them.

Essential workers who get the coronavirus on the job have no guarantee in most states they'll qualify for workers' compensation to cover lost wages and medical care.

They made it clear that while in-person school provides crucial benefits to children, "Public health agencies must make recommendations based on evidence, not politics."

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.