Health & Science

Gov. Carney issued a declaration formally extending the state of emergency order he first put in place on March 12.

A lack of tests is just one problem the state's coroners are facing as they take on the coronavirus.

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney addresses the impact of coronavirus in a letter to all Philadelphians.

The “save-the-most-lives” approach will exacerbate the already-existing health care inequalities, argues Dr. Hannah McLane, an occupational medicine physician.

A study published in the journal Science now says the virus can infect both felines and ferrets. But there are some important caveats to the findings.

Facing the cytokine storm — David Fajgenbaum brings his first-hand experience with cytokine storms to bear on this new coronavirus.

What does it take to get through a global pandemic? How do you keep going, keep working, get up every day and hope for the best? Around t ...

Winters along the Delaware River and its tributaries can lead to picturesque scenes of snow-topped phragmites swaying in the wind.

The city is opening a drop-in site in the neighborhood to encourage more social distancing.

Experts say COBOL was likely not written to be able to process the more than 500,000 unemployment claims New Jersey residents have submitted online.

Over the last two days, health care workers have demanded that the federal government provide the emergency supplies they need on COVID-19 front lines.

Kensington is the epicenter of the opioid crisis in Philly. Now, with the coronavirus crisis raging, residents worry that the neighborhood may be doubly vulnerable.

Also: N.J. creates a grace period for paying insurance premiums, and stores can deny entry to customers who don’t wear face coverings.

The city has started weekly trainings so people living with users are ready to help.

The number of confirmed cases in Pa. has increased by 1,989 over the past 24 hours, and there were 29 new deaths in that time.