Innovation

PBS Newshour's John Yang reflects on his experience participating in Moderna's vaccine trial. "It started off with self-interest — I wanted to get the vaccine sooner."

The action comes days after Pfizer Inc. and its German partner BioNTech announced that its vaccine appears 95% effective at preventing mild to severe COVID-19 in a study.

Dr. Anthony Fauci tells NPR that strong testing results for both Moderna and Pfizer vaccines are "a very, very important advance" in trying to stop the coronavirus outbreak.

COVID-19 has shown how our cities and spaces can fail to keep us healthy. But for the 15% of the population living with a disability, this awareness came before the pandemic.

Pennsylvania and Delaware have released apps to help with contact tracing. Will the strategy work?

Ventilator use atrophies the diaphragm, the muscle we use for breathing. The Lungpacer is designed to help coax it back to work, to enhance recovery.

Real estate investor Ani Sanyal and his partners are offering gallery space to local artists — for free — as part of a three-and-a-half-month artist-in-residence program.

The vaccine developed by the Plymouth Meeting firm and Wistar Institute researchers finished Phase I trials and is moving to an accelerated Phase II/III.

Adjuvants play a big role in many vaccines' effectiveness. Scientists say there needs to be more research into developing a variety of adjuvants because of their importance.

The more they know about the novel coronavirus, the more hospitals adapt their treatment protocols. That evolution may be lowering the local death rate.

The vaccine will start its most important step around July 27: A 30,000-person study to prove if the shots really are strong enough to protect against the coronavirus.

As Pennsylvania, other places consider tech to track and thwart coronavirus spread, they must balance personal privacy with the need for public health data.

U.S. government officials say an experimental drug has proved effective against the new coronavirus in a major study.

The county started its program Wednesday: 10,000 test kits have already arrived and 10,000 more are expected next week.