Public Health

The COVID-19 response plan that President Biden unveiled last week aims to dramatically increase the accessibility of rapid tests for the coronavirus.

This step, a major move by the Biden administration against the highly controversial law, follows a lawsuit filed by the Justice Department last week.

A North Philadelphia school tries to welcome students back, sort through confusion, and steady itself for an unprecedented year.

The full roster of players, coaches, and hockey operations staff plan to be fully vaccinated by Oct. 12 season start.

Cases and hospitalizations are at a seven-month high in Delaware, but that’s not keeping down crowds at festivals, sports contests, and other events.

The cases — driven by the delta variant combined with resistance among some Americans to getting vaccinated — are concentrated mostly in the South.

WHYY and BoroTV present The Delta Variant and Back to School, a short docu-film featuring Willingboro teenagers and their thoughts on vaccines, masks, and virtual learning.

As the federal government decides who should get a booster shot, New Jersey officials are getting ready for an “anticipated” high demand for vaccine booster shots.

The district laid out consequences for staff who don’t get vaccinated by the end of the month, taking away a special time-off program for COVID quaratines.

The union that represents corrections officers in Pennsylvania prisons wants a state court to intervene over Gov. Wolf's recent vaccine mandate.

As the delta variant causes more vaccinated people to get "breakthrough infections," concerns are rising that even the vaccinated could develop long COVID symptoms.

Fear of lawsuits means the baby becomes the sole focus, experts say — and everyone is hurried home to avoid costs.

With cases rising, health-care experts are urging the legislature to extend regulatory changes to maximize the number of workers in hospitals and long-term care settings.

Mu has been identified in multiple countries, including the U.S., since January. WHYY’s Health Desk Help Desk asked about its impact thus far.

A case of the virus, which claimed a 12-year-old boy's life, has sparked fears of a new outbreak in India. Researchers fear that the deadly disease has the potential to cause