Coronavirus Pandemic

The number of COVID infections and hospitalizations is up substantially in the last few weeks, but the numbers are a mere fraction of mid-January’s peaks.

The Biden administration will extend for two weeks the nationwide mask requirement for public transit as it monitors an uptick in COVID-19 cases.

It goes into effect on Monday, April 18.

Just 26% of Philadelphia’s spending on goods and services went to local suppliers, well short of the city’s 58% goal.

Philadelphia officials announced Monday that masks will once again be required in indoor spaces.

The initiative teams Bloom Planning and Delaware County in an effort to revamp mental and behavioral health services for school children.

The plan includes “wireless technology” to allow for safer public participation.

In a 2-1 ruling Thursday, a panel of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans reversed a lower court and ordered dismissal of a lawsuit challenging the mandate.

Health experts warn the suspension of COVID aid for poorer countries could ultimately spur the kind of unchecked transmission needed for the next worrisome variant to emerge.

Pelosi will “quarantine consistent with CDC guidance, and encourages everyone to get vaccinated, boosted and test regularly."

Many will lose Medicaid coverage nationwide, but Pennsylvania’s plan is out of step with other states, which advocates say will lead to greater losses.

Key questions include how often the vaccines should be updated against new viral strains and who should get them.

Republicans said they'd withhold support for the measure unless Dems agreed to vote on an amendment preventing Biden from lifting Trump-era curbs on migrants entering the U.S.

As Philadelphia COVID cases are gradually climbing, city health officials warn residents to start taking precautions to prevent the virus from spreading again.

The number of patients hospitalized with the coronavirus has fallen more than 90% in more than two months.