Health Care

The N.J. Cannabis Regulatory Commission held its first meeting and began writing the rules and regulations necessary before legal weed sales can start.

“The problem is, as small hospitals go away, there goes your community. Do you want to move to a community that doesn't have a hospital?”

Long-term care options are expensive and often out of reach for elders and people with disabilities. Part of the infrastructure plan would help fund home-based health care.

Gov. Carney has said he is concerned that roughly 20% of the eligible population won’t get inoculated. WHYY found the figure is currently above 50%.

A large proportion of incarcerated people have their chronic conditions diagnosed while in prison. But experts say quality care can be hard to get.

The stress of supporting a family member in prison can cause lasting health issues for those on the outside. Consequences can stretch far beyond the person doing the time.

MossRehab Research Institute researchers reinterpret a common consumer technology to help with post-injury social isolation and depression.

Two top Delaware doctors credit the widespread use of masks, physical distancing measures, and the fact that fewer kids are in school.

Certain travel destinations and cruise lines already require proof you’ve gotten your full COVID-19 vaccine dose. Some suggest laminating the cards to keep them safe.

Affluent countries are hoarding vaccines. So how do you make vaccine distribution more equitable? And what threat does vaccine nationalism pose to the ending the pandemic?

Leveraging their shared life experience and local roots, community health workers aim to move the needle on long-standing health disparities.

The new location opened Friday near the Willow Grove Park Mall. It has the capacity to vaccinate 3,000 per day.

In a statement, elected officials from Montco, Delco, Bucks, and Chesco say a single regional site will “compromise equitable distribution.”

The study shows children and adolescents with the disease have a highly activated immune response, similar to that of adults with severe COVID-19.

Asian Americans were most likely to be misclassified in coronavirus statistics, despite a disproportionate burden of infection and mortality.