Public Health

The country is now averaging more than 83,000 cases a day — about a 14% increase compared to a week ago, and 12% more than two weeks ago.

So far, school reopenings in Pennsylvania haven’t triggered a wave of COVID cases or hospitalizations.

The company's filing comes as new infections are rising once again, driven mainly by hot spots in states where colder weather is driving more Americans indoors.

Austria has placed some 2 million unvaccinated people on partial lockdown. Similar restrictions in Berlin have been placed on people who aren't fully vaccinated.

Pfizer said it would grant a license for the pill to the Geneva-based Medicines Patent Pool, which would let generic drug companies produce the pill for use in 95 countries.

Studies at Rutgers and elsewhere are looking at possible links. The chemicals can cause serious health problems, including immune system effects.

Echoing Dr. Anthony Fauci, Persichilli said boosters are “not a bonus,” but an essential part in fighting the pandemic.

The township says the records contain sensitive and confidential information obtained from Energy Transfer during its investigation of sinkholes near the pipeline.

Ten years ago, anxiety, sleeplessness, stress, and migraines came as Crawford worked her way up to management. But in 2020, she learned to work for herself in a pandemic.

What you really need to know about the mental health crisis facing kids today. And, what's happening in the trial of Johnny Doc & Councilmember Bobby Henon?

Seemingly anomalous COVID hot spots crop up, often where vaccination rates are high overall. Is there something localities can do to avoid it?

Southwest Philadelphia residents say warnings about health hazards from a junkyard fire needed to come sooner and more directly.

Harm reduction advocates criticized the policy, arguing that banning smoking in treatment would act as yet another obstacle to recovery.

The court ruled that OSHA cannot take steps to enforce the mandate until a further decision is made.