Health & Science

The announcement was big news for Pa. hospitals, which has seen other states get the antiviral — the first somewhat effective coronavirus treatment.

COVID-19 has infected a quarter of the 263 city’s behavioral health centers — and eight people have died.

“This virus may never go away,” Dr. Michael Ryan said. Without a vaccine, he said it could take years for the global population to build up sufficient levels of immunity.

The U.S. has the most coronavirus deaths of any country in the world — on May 11, the death toll passed 80,000. And that's likely an undercount.

Gov. Phil Murphy signed an executive order effective Monday morning for nonessential construction and retail to reopen.

Pennsylvania’s Department of Health said Wednesday that it is working to distribute an antiviral drug, remdesivir, to hospitals across the commonwealth.

Significant change is afoot at the Jersey Shore with Memorial Day weekend looming, and social distancing will certainly be a major aspect as crowds arrive.

MBK Cares has reached more than 1,000 people during quarantine.

The state has purchased 200,000 saliva-based test kits from a California-based company as it eyes administering 80,000 tests a month.

Suicide prevention advocates are doubling down to bolster the resilience of Americans who are suffering from feelings of despair during the pandemic.

Total fatalities investigated and ultimately linked to respiratory disorders rose from just seven between February and April of last year to 129 this year.

Babies are safer in a crib than on an adult bed or a sofa.

The COVID-19 testing process has been plagued by missing components, including swabs, reagents and the chemical solution that keeps samples fresh.

The misbelief that Blacks are immune to pandemics isn’t novel. Its history goes as far back as 1793.

The endangered piping plovers saw record-setting numbers along the Atlantic coast in 2019, federal officials say.