Public Health

In issuing new guidance, city health officials say they’re trying to avoid outbreaks like those seen elsewhere.

It's happened with outbreaks going back for centuries: We blame "outsiders." Researchers have theories as to why. Public health groups have plans to stop it.

What if your body could corral an infection instead of eliminating it? Immunologists who see this in plants wonder what role it might play in asymptomatic COVID-19 infections.

Police say a suspect has been arrested in a shooting reportedly stemming from a dispute over social distancing restrictions at a northeast Philadelphia convenience store.

New Jersey health officials are urging the public to take precautions against mosquitoes amid the peak of the West Nile Virus season.

The city’s #MaskUpPHL campaign proved more popular than expected.

People are understandably worried about the risks of contagion and being trapped in an enclosed space for the duration of a trip.

Miller had been at the FDA only 11 days. Her appointment was viewed in public health circles as further politicization of the agency at a crucial time in the COVID-19 pandemic

The suspect was in the Wawa on East Erie Avenue near L Street when an on-duty security guard told him to keep a social distance of 6 feet, according to police.

Decreasing the chance of someone getting the flu allows health officials to focus on the coronavirus until there are approved vaccines for it.

Most of us dread mosquito season — but on some level, you’ve got to admire these pesky bloodsuckers. Over the millennia, they’v ...

Eager to avoid a repeat of the primary’s short staffing, election officials are taking steps now to ensure enough poll workers are trained for Nov. 3.

Delaware’s largest county is offering grants for distance learning from its federal coronavirus relief award.

Philly is battling two public health crises: COVID-19 and an escalating gun violence epidemic. These two crises may be related and have communities of color reeling.

A century's worth of U.S. statistics finds mortality rates and life expectancy were much worse for Black Americans pre-pandemic than they have been for white Americans.