Health & Science

The only centers allowed to stay open are those that can prove they are serving children of people working at “essential businesses.”

The public could get its first close look at the Trump administration's own projections Tuesday at the daily briefing.

Science journalist David Quammen discusses why we weren't prepared for the pandemic despite all the predictions of an animal-borne virus emerging.

Democratic lawmakers are calling out an apparent lack of racial data that they say is needed to monitor and address disparities.

Three major health insurance providers have now pledged to shield patients from high medical bills if they need treatment for COVID-19.

The White House task force is expected to give an update on the nation’s current novel coronavirus situation as the outbreak spreads.

During this coronavirus pandemic, everybody is telling us to practice social distancing, to isolate with your family. But what happens when someone you live with gets sick?

Pennsylvania has quarantined its entire prison population of 44,600 people following the first confirmed COVID-19 case in one of the state’s correctional facilities.

The additions will help a lot, but won’t meet full need in New Jersey.

After working with people with substance use disorder for nearly a decade, it’s second nature for Clayton Ruley to remind them not to share syringes for injecting drugs.

Seven people in Delaware have died from coronavirus as of Monday afternoon. The total number of cases in the state is now at 264.

While millions of U.S. households continue to fill out 2020 census forms on their own, the coronavirus pandemic is forcing the Census Bureau to suspend field operations.

In an effort to boost the number of health care professionals on the front lines of the coronavirus outbreak, Pennsylvania is chipping away at the bureaucratic barriers.

With services to support the learning and development of special needs children on hiatus because of the coronavirus, families try to fill the void.

Ocean City is prohibiting online marketplaces from offering short-term rentals "until further notice," Mayor Jay Gillian announced.