Health & Science

A Delaware man is the first person in the state to be presumed positive for coronavirus, according to the Delaware Division of Public health.

The city’s hospitals are too full to handle a coronavirus outbreak, so officials are looking for a space to accommodate patients or those in quarantine.

Health officials warned the state may be starting to see “community spread,” which means the illness is being transmitted among the general population.

Long before the coronavirus came to Philly, researchers have been looking into how prepared the city is for an outbreak like this. So, just how ready are we?

Eight countries — including the U.S. — are now each reporting more than 1,000 cases of COVID-19, caused by the virus that has infected more than 120,000 people worldwide.

Outreach workers fear a COVID-19 outbreak among the city’s homeless population.

In an advisory, the county said the two people live together and had attended an out-of-state gathering recently.

Pa. officials are citing a 1955 law authored in the heyday of syphilis to withhold details about coronavirus cases, including how many people have been tested.

Philadelphia's annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade has been canceled, amid concerns about the novel coronavirus. The city announced its first positive case.

A hotel trade association in the city says nothing has hit the hospitality sector this hard, this abruptly, since the 9/11 attacks.

Three WHYY journalists who attended a conference are in self-quarantine after an attendee tested positive for the coronavirus. None of the WHYY employees show any symptoms.

The facilities are starting to limit visitors, but that’s only the beginning of a good emergency plan for nursing homes.

Authorities try to balance patient privacy with public health and safety.

The confirmation comes as more and more Garden State residents are testing positive for the virus.

Patients who test positive locally are referred to as “presumptive” until the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirm the test results.