Public Health

Cases of COVID-19 more than quadrupled at the University of Delaware this week, school officials say, stretching on-campus quarantine space to the max.

The Health Department said some doctors are pushing stock exemptions that are available to anyone, regardless of medical necessity.

About 130 Black morticians have died of COVID-19 across the United States.

President Joe Biden has announced sweeping new federal vaccine requirements affecting as many as 100 million Americans in an all-out effort to curb the surging delta variant.

The order requiring masks to be worn inside K-12 school and child care facilities includes an exemption for students who claim it would cause or worsen a medical condition.

Rudy Giuliani once described the Amistad Project as a “partner” in the Trump campaign’s legal efforts to overturn the 2020 election. But little else is known about the group.

Experts recommend giving yourself space and time to feel the sadness and outrage as you look for a path to recovery from the losses.

The Justice Department is suing Texas over a new state law that bans most abortions, arguing that it was enacted “in open defiance of the Constitution."

The School District of Philadelphia welcomed children back to in-person school last week, in some cases, to heaps of overflowing schoolyard garbage.

Philadelphia health officials are still weighing whether to impose a mask mandate at outdoor sporting events.

The rate of new cases of COVID-19 among babies and children under 4 years old in the U.S. recently surpassed the rate of new cases among adults older than 65.

President Joe Biden has announced sweeping new federal vaccine requirements affecting as many as 100 million Americans in an all-out effort to increase COVID-19 vaccinations.

The delta variant is filling hospitals, sickening alarming numbers of children and driving coronavirus deaths in some places to the highest levels of the entire pandemic.

Wolf says he’s seen mostly compliance with the mask mandate from districts and parents across the state. Some GOP lawmakers are suing.

The distribution is part of a statewide emergency preparedness effort. The Limerick plant is one of Pennsylvania’s four active nuclear power stations.