Public Health

Democratic politicians in Pa. spoke on how anti-abortion policies presented by conservatives are harmful for citizens of the commonwealth.

Casinos and cigar lounges are exempted from a statewide smoking ban in indoor public facilities and workplaces. Workers say that should no longer be the case.

A federal judge has denied a request from a group of parents who want to stop Gov. Phil Murphy’s mask requirement for anyone in a school building.

The U.S. is expanding COVID-19 boosters, ruling that 16- and 17-year-olds can get a third dose of Pfizer’s vaccine.

Statewide, an average of 3,900 people per day have been hospitalized with COVID-19 over the past two weeks, up 50% in a month.

A new city advisory group needs the input of people who know what it's like to smell a tire fire outside or breathe in highway fumes day in and day out.

Health Commissioner Dr. Judy Persichelli confirmed that the state lab had conducted sequencing on three suspected cases and the results are pending.

In small studies in South Africa and Germany, the results indicate a marked decrease in the ability of vaccines to neutralize this variant.

New cases in the U.S. climbed from an average of nearly 95,000 a day on Nov. 22 to almost 119,000 a day this week, and hospitalizations are up 25% from a month ago.

Pfizer and its partner BioNTech said lab tests showed a booster dose increased by 25-fold the level of so-called neutralizing antibodies against omicron.

Diagnoses in people who inject drugs were rising before the pandemic. Health officials worry now about spread among people who don’t know their HIV status.

U.S. District Court Judge R. Stan Baker, in Augusta, Georgia, issued a stay to bar enforcement of the mandate nationwide.

The latest surge has led Gov. Carney to schedule his first coronavirus briefing in more than two months for this afternoon.

Troopers stood guard at entrances around the statehouse complex, including little-used doorways where no state police presence is typically present.

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