Health & Science

Sunday marked the end of a Ramadan like no other. Philly area Muslims spent time with family, prepared to give out meals and held a car parade.

Rain dampened the start of the weekend in the northeastern U.S., where beaches were expected to attract throngs of people and test the effectiveness of social distancing.

A new model released by the CDC forecasts millions fewer hospitalizations and roughly 100,000 fewer deaths than it predicted a month ago.

The weather's warming up and public spaces are starting to reopen. How do you decide what's safe to do? We have guidance to help you compare and evaluate the risks.

Some people are afraid to use potentially germ-filled public restrooms as stay-at-home restrictions begin lifting. That's boosting sales of products that offer creative altern

The current pandemic exposed some deep-seated issues with disaster planning, and hospitals are working on those before a second wave of COVID cases arrives.

In the 1950s, people lived in fear their children might be stricken with infantile paralysis, better known as polio — and they were eager for scientists to find a solution.

That hesitancy in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak could muffle any recovery from what has been the sharpest and swiftest economic downturn in U.S. history

County Freeholder Jonathan Young said Friday’s food drive fed a little over 200 families this morning, with 1,200 boxes of fruits, vegetables, meat and dairy products.

Without billions in federal aid, the state says it will cut spending on tax relief, aid to colleges and a slew of other programs.

Twice this week, Trump has not only dismissed the findings of studies but suggested — without evidence — that their authors were motivated by politics and out to undermine him

DHS, nursing homes have very different ideas about what to do with $200 million in additional federal Medicaid funding

The layoff announcement affects nearly all part time workers at the university, but does not include adjunct faculty, graduate students, or work-study students.

Under the state government’s three-tiered color-coded reopening system, all businesses in ‘green’ counties will be allowed to reopen without limits on social gathering

The city is looking at “improved ponchos” as a substitute for missing hospital gowns.