Public Health

The "strike teams" will be deployed to open about 30 additional acute care beds between the two locations.

Some workers are concerned about new guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that shortens the isolation period for COVID-19 cases.

Top officials with the U.N. health agency cautioned that it's still too early to be reassured by initial data suggesting that omicron leads to milder disease.

The fast-spreading mutant version of the virus has cast a pall over Christmas and New Year's, forcing communities to scale back or call off their festivities.

New data from the CDC released on Tuesday, shows that while omicron remains the dominant variant, delta is still a worrisome driving force behind the current surge.

Pennsylvania hospitals overwhelmed with the latest COVID-19 surge will get help from federal teams as Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration finalizes the details.

To the dismay of some authorities, the new guidelines allow people to leave isolation without getting tested to see if they are still infectious.

The trendlines, coupled with the emergence of the highly infectious omicron variant, signal difficult times over the next several weeks, said Dr. Jennifer Horney.

Camden County has teamed up with Vault Medical Services to provide free COVID-19 saliva tests at three sites.

When the pandemic hit last year, restaurants closed and grocery stores struggled to keep their shelves stocked. A shift also occurred in the national food safety system.

Positivity and case counts are spiking. Hospitalizations are also rising, but not nearly as fast.

The demand for testing continues to rise as cases surge across the country and tri-state area.

The U.S. flu season has arrived on schedule after taking a year off, with flu hospitalizations rising and two child deaths reported.

The Philadelphia Health Department has ordered tens of thousands of rapid, at-home testing kits, but a spokesperson says those orders are delayed.

The CDC says there is growing evidence that people with the coronavirus are most infectious in the two days before and three days after symptoms develop.