Medicine

Canceled elective procedures mean many facilities are no longer getting short-term residents paid for by Medicare. Medicaid pays less for long-term care.

The state Department of Health is not making hospital preparedness plans available or overseeing whether hospitals are following those plans.

It’s not just the ventilators: Hospitals are short the sedatives and painkillers used to keep patients on those ventilators during the coronavirus pandemic.

Remote visits are essential to reduce the spread of the virus. After COVID-19, which populations might still benefit? Where might digital medicine fall short?

The “save-the-most-lives” approach will exacerbate the already-existing health care inequalities, argues Dr. Hannah McLane, an occupational medicine physician.

A study published in the journal Science now says the virus can infect both felines and ferrets. But there are some important caveats to the findings.

Facing the cytokine storm — David Fajgenbaum brings his first-hand experience with cytokine storms to bear on this new coronavirus.

What does it take to get through a global pandemic? How do you keep going, keep working, get up every day and hope for the best? Around t ...

The Bucks County facility uses hydrogen peroxide vapor tech to decontaminate its supply of face masks prized for its ability to filter 95% of particles.

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

Don’t go out without a mask, we’re urged. Our reporter tried making a few designs, and learned that how you treat your mask is important as well.

Cystic fibrosis advocate Emily Kramer-Golinkoff tells Morning Edition host Jennifer Lynn how the coronavirus pandemic has made her life more difficult.

We look at how the coronavirus disproportionately affects people living in poverty and talk about gun violence in Philadelphia during the outbreak.

The Keystone State gets a positive prognosis, while New Jersey’s death toll worsens, in the latest projections.

With the pandemic, more are interested in home births, some ask for induced labor, and some are coming from New York to see about having babies here.