Coronavirus Pandemic

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.

An update on the coronavirus in the Philadelphia region.

The number of patients in New Jersey is growing quickly, but officials say they don’t yet see it spreading through “community transmission.”

Organizers of Philly’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade say the event will go ahead as scheduled on Sunday, despite concerns about the spread of coronavirus.

The White House overruled health officials who wanted to recommend that elderly and physically fragile Americans be advised not to fly on commercial airlines.

Pennsylvania and New Jersey officials disclosed additional presumed positive cases of coronavirus Sunday, bringing each state’s totals to six.

With cases of the virus now confirmed in Pennsylvania and N.J, unfamiliar words and acronyms are being used. Here is a guide to some of them.

Gov. Wolf’s office announced the two new Montgomery County cases Saturday evening. Earlier, transparency issues were addressed in Delaware County.