Health & Science

Experts say the coronavirus puts the elderly and immunocompromised at risk. Environmental pollution might exacerbate those risk factors.

Communities around the world are scrambling to slow the spread of COVID-19: closing businesses and schools, canceling gatherings, and lim ...

20 of those infected in the city are health care workers. So when the first public testing site opens, priority will go to health workers with symptoms.

More people are living this way because of the new coronavirus. What does that look like, and what does it do to someone's mental state?

SEPTA subways, trains and buses will run less frequently in the Philadelphia region starting Sunday.

Governor Murphy anticipates that the region — including Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut — will take a $100 billion economic hit.

With 30 cases of COVID-19, lawmakers in the state’s biggest city are trying out a virtual council meeting for the first time tonight.

Nonprofits and government officials are struggling to maintain connection with victims.

We discuss the degree to which hospitals are ready for an increase in coronavirus patients in the coming weeks. Then, a look at the stimulus package from Congress.

A Jefferson lab has built on its rabies vaccine research to create one for COVID-19. But a final product could be a year away.

Penn Medicine announced several of its employees tested positive for the new coronavirus. They did not reveal the number of workers or the facilities in which they worked.

Pennsylvania reported its first COVID-19-related death Wednesday, a person from Northampton County.

The number of coronavirus cases in New Jersey jumped to 427 on Wednesday, including five deaths, Gov. Phil Murphy said.

“It’s significant for reducing asthma exacerbation, heart disease and heart attacks,” said Marilyn Howarth of UPenn’s Center of Excellence in Environmental Toxicology.

Delaware has 25 cases of coronavirus: 20 cases in New Castle County, 3 in Kent County and 2 in Sussex County.