Health Care

The shot will help shield newborns from RSV in the early months of life, when they're especially vulnerable to severe illness.

As they prepare to dole out newly updated booster shots, local health workers are trying to incorporate lessons learned from three years’ worth of vaccine campaigns.

Biden administration announces $600M to produce COVID tests and will reopen website to order them

The docuseries explores why racial diversity is key to clinical trials, while addressing a history of mistrust among Black Americans.

The city bill now goes to Mayor Jim Kenney for final passage. The ban comes as the nonprofit Safehouse continues its efforts to open a site.

New COVID-19 vaccine recommendations come out Tuesday. We hear from Dr. Paul Offit, a member of the FDA advisory panel, about the latest guidelines released by the CDC.

Experts say they offer good protection against current COVID variants. Who should get them, and when's the best time to roll up your sleeve?

The new West Philadelphia location marks the city’s fifth crisis response center for people experiencing mental health emergencies.

The agency’s director is expected to sign off on the panel’s recommendation and the vaccines could be available this week.

The vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer and its partner BioNTech were approved Monday for people 12 and older.

There's still no validated treatment or diagnostic test specifically for the condition, although there are many candidates.

Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin said he thinks “all options for comprehensive change” should be on the table to prevent further failures as described in the report.

The new payouts are from a second wave of national opioid lawsuit settlements with Teva, Allergan, CVS, Walgreens, and Walmart.

In a scathing, 43-page report, the Justice Department outlines failures at the homes in Menlo Park and Paramus.

Though still lower than past years, cases and hospitalizations have been creeping up. Happily, tests are still readily accessible.