Health Care

FEMA has funds set aside to reimburse burial costs — even retroactively — to families of COVID victims. But clerical challenges and slow outreach have stymied the process.

The reaction to Roe vs. Wade was immense, but not immediately so. It took months and years for the anti-abortion movement to fully form, to organize and gain political power.

The leaked U.S. Supreme Court draft opinion that could end or limit abortion access for millions has sent shockwaves through diverse faith communities.

U.S. health officials are now looking into more than 100 possible cases of a mysterious and severe liver disease in children, including five deaths.

If elected, Shapiro could be key to maintaining abortion protections in Pennsylvania. Every Republican candidate supports banning or limiting abortions.

"Roe and Casey are the twin pillars of the court's jurisprudence," on abortion, Melissa Murray, a professor of law at New York University, told NPR.

In December, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended prioritizing the Moderna and Pfizer shots over J&J’s because of its safety issues.

The team responsible for community outreach during the 2020 Census has reached a significant milestone since its shift to get Philadelphians vaccinated.

Home health care workers are among the lowest paid, shifting the burden of long-term care to aging and overstressed family members or assisted living centers.

In February, Colombia’s Constitutional Court legalized abortion until the 24th week of pregnancy. It was Latin America’s latest shift toward legalization of abortion.

The World Health Organization is estimating that nearly 15 million people were killed either by the coronavirus or by its impact on overwhelmed health systems.

Health care workers rallied alongside elected officials and community members just outside Crozer-Chester Medical Center in Upland.

Governor Tom Wolf vowed to veto any abortion ban in Pennsylvania, while others say pregnant people could become second class citizens if Roe v. Wade is upended.

Karina Gould, the minister of families, children, and social development said that Canada would allow Americans to obtain abortions.

In a leaked draft opinion, the Supreme Court conservative majority vote to overturn Roe v. Wade. If The finalized, what will this mean for reproductive rights?