Health Care

Black women historically had the lowest rates of breastfeeding initiation, but new data shows that’s changing. Community support makes the difference.

Connections Community Support Programs has agreed to pay more than $15 million to settle charges of fraud and controlled substances allegations.

The rural southern region is the state’s most conservative. The agency calls it a health care desert in dire need of a center offering women’s reproductive services.

Researchers who worked with the city to organize it say the sweepstakes incentive program in June did not make a significant difference.

Delaware’s largest hospital system says it wants to create the safest environment possible for patients, staff, and visitors.

Many hospitals fail to screen for substance use, offer medications to treat opioid use disorder or connect patients to follow-up care.

One woman describes her battle to spend time with her mother.

For years, national medical guidelines have defined anemia differently for Black patients. A new study shows this could be increasing birth disparities.

Today, suicide is the second-leading cause of death among Black children ages 10 to 19. And that rate is rising faster for them than for any other racial or ethnic group.

Officials at the WHO said Wednesday that it strongly opposes booster shots for all adults in rich countries because the boosters will not help slow down the pandemic.

Masks? Vaccine mandates? An update on the changing Covid-19 restrictions in the Delaware Valley. Plus, a new model putting therapists in New Jersey public schools.

New Castle County is using $675,000 of its federal coronavirus relief funds to pay for the pilot program that it hopes to expand.

The Senate’s top Democrat says federal law enforcement officials need to crack down on fake COVID-19 vaccination cards being sold online.

Even with uniform access to medication and insurance, patients of color at the VA were less likely to get standard-of-care meds for atrial fibrillation.

health care workers say there is another frightening prospect looming: a surge in children diagnosed with a combination of COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus.