Medicine

Remdesivir is the first drug shown to help fight COVID-19, which has killed more than 230,000 people worldwide.

Blood donations by African Americans dropped by 50% since mid-March, when many drives were canceled. That affects sickle cell patients seeking a match.

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

Construction was accelerated to make 120 new beds available for a possible COVID surge.

Antibodies that fought off coronavirus once might do so again. The treatment has been used for a century-plus, including in 1918’s influenza pandemic.

As doctors treat more and more COVID-19 patients, they are realizing the new coronavirus can affect far more than just a patient's lungs.

The coronavirus pandemic has renewed concerns about the dependence of the United States on other countries for supplies of prescription drugs and ingredients.

For decades, they endured budget cuts, political battles, and a major state Supreme Court case. Now, when we need them most, only a skeleton crew remains.

Delaware added 108 new cases of the coronavirus and three more deaths as ChristianaCare starts plasma treatments from a recovered patient.

The practice is considered key to reopening society. Some volunteers at the University of Pennsylvania have begun the laborious process.

Despite the challenges, there are many candidates to be the vaccine that knocks out the coronavirus. But are they all equally promising?

Temple University Hospital has more COVID-19 patients than any other Philadelphia hospital. How their overworked staff is caring for the city's most vulnerable.

We talk with poets Richard Blanco and Nikky Finney about writing and reading poetry during the pandemic and we hear how nurses are coping at Temple University Hospital.

During interviews over the past week, as coronavirus cases continued to rise, officials said the tri-state region’s hospitals were up to the challenge.

Philly is one of the worst cities for asthma suffers, but studies are showing it’s not a big COVID-19 risk factor.