Health Care

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.

To announce their intention to organize as a local of PASNAP, nurses gathered in front of the hospital. They say their employer is union busting.

Carney’s vaccine mandate for state workers comes amid a steady surge in recent weeks of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations.

Only about 23% of those currently pregnant in the U.S. have been vaccinated against COVID-19, statistics show.