Public Health

A Pfizer clinical trial in younger kids is underway at Rutgers. WHYY’s Health Desk Help Desk talked to two families who signed up.

Days after the CDC issued new masking guidance for fully vaccinated people, much of the Philadelphia region is experiencing “substantial” levels of COVID-19 transmission.

Japan's capital has exceeded 4,000 coronavirus infections for the first time — 4,058 cases, to be exact. That's a record high.

In a letter to the General Assembly, Tom Wolf said he plans an Aug. 5 renewal of the disaster emergency declaration first issued in January 2018.

For a while there, it seemed like things were finally heading back to normal. Now, not so much.

District leaders urged communities to be vaccinated before the school year starts as evidence emerges about the delta variant’s greater transmissibility.

Delaware County has no health department, so Chester County handled its pandemic response until now. The new arrangement begins Aug. 1.

The state’s largest hospital system says all workers must have at least one dose by Sept. 21 if they want to keep their job.

New evidence shows the delta variant is as contagious as chickenpox and may be more dangerous than other versions.

Case counts in Philadelphia more than tripled over the latter half of July.

The complaint says the company made Black women a "central part" of its business strategy but failed to warn them about the potential dangers of its powder products.

While the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia had planned on waiting until the vaccine got “full FDA licensure,” the rising threat of the delta variant upended those plans.

The district joins others in the region in getting vaccine doses to eligible students ahead of schools reopening for in-person learning.

Cutting carbon emissions to zero in the next 30 years would save about 74 million lives this century, a new analysis estimates.

When Kaiserman JCC summer camp returns from a self-imposed pause, they'll require masks for all, no matter the location or vaccination status.