Health & Science

Health officials are working to control a mumps outbreak among school children in New Castle County, Del.

Acting Gov. Oliver announced immediate restrictions on state-related business travel, international and short trips, such as to New York and Philadelphia.

A man in his 30s who is hospitalized in Bergen County has New Jersey’s first positive test for COVID-19, Gov. Phil Murphy said in a statement Wednesday.

Now that test kits are more available, there has been some concern fear of cost might deter underinsured or uninsured Americans from getting tested.

If approved, the lead concentration allowed on the first 2 feet of sites like the PES refinery complex would rise from 1,000 parts per million to 2,500 ppm.

A lot of cleaning and monitoring for symptoms is going on since close quarters would make it hard for residents to keep a distance from an ill individual.

The lab can now handle about 25 samples a day and that rate should increase in the coming days after it gets a piece of equipment that boosts its testing capacity.

The invasive spotted lanternfly is continuing its westward march across Pa., with state agriculture officials nearly doubling the number of counties in a quarantine zone.

Philly International is not a designated “screener” location, but does have a CDC quarantine station.

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Neighborhood groups joined the FOP in supporting U.S. Attorney William McSwain’s effort to keep the nonprofit’s supervised injection site from opening.

The Sourland Conservancy has operated an amphibian crossing guard program for five years — with a focus on the spotted salamander.

One in three Americans now have myopia. Kids who spend lots of time indoors are five times more at risk of developing it, research shows.

Pa.'s Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine said getting test results from the state-run lab in Exton is reducing the turn-around time significantly.

Both had recently traveled to a country where the virus is active. To date, five Delaware residents have tested negative.