Public Health

Philadelphia’s prison system is offering in-person visits for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, though with restrictions.

The Biden administration says it will defend its rule requiring some 84 million workers to get vaccinated or undergo weekly testing. More than two dozen states have sued.

Gov. Phil Murphy said that every student and educator immunized brings the state closer to lifting the mask requirement he put in place last summer.

The risks may be cumulative; those who faced more incidents of discrimination had an even higher risk of future problems, researchers found.

Embiid returned a positive test for COVID-19 on Monday morning, a source tells ESPN.

Education officials say Pennsylvania's governor expects to let school districts modify or end the mask mandate for K-12 students in January.

The country's top infectious disease doctor says he is looking for "a level of control" over COVID-19 such that it is less disruptive to society.

Universal Family Schools said it is taking a community-focused approach by hosting vaccine clinics at its various branches across the Philly region.

Airlines are now preparing for a surge in travel after the pandemic and resulting restrictions caused international travel to plunge.

A new research center from Penn Medicine wants to create new solutions and resources for those in need.

The CDC added mental health conditions to the list of health issues that make people more vulnerable if they get COVID-19. Here’s what you need to know.

For a group of about 4,000 municipal staff, Dec. 1 is the new deadline.

Needles? They’re a little scary, but worth it to get back to normal, kids at the Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium’s first weekend of vaccinations said.