Public Health

“We’re five months into this and there are still shortages of gowns, hair covers, shoe covers, masks, N95 masks,” said Deborah Burger, president of National Nurses United.

The New Jersey-New York-Connecticut travel warning list gets longer, with people going there from Delaware directed to self-quarantine for at least 14 days.

Here's what we know about the novel coronavirus' different modes of transmission.

Philadelphia has seen case counts rising in people under the age of 40, remaining mostly stable for those between the ages of 40-49, and decreasing in populations over 50. 

As COVID cases surge, we examine why in the U.S. pandemic response has failed, what we are learning about the virus, and why Pa. needed a mask mandate.

Zoonotic pathogens, which include COVID-19, HIV/AIDS and Ebola, have increasingly emerged due to stresses humans have placed on animal habitats, according to a U.N. report.

Come September, Del. voters will be able to vote-by-mail without an excuse. For Tuesday’s presidential primary, they’ll have to mark “sick” on ballots to do so.

Among the young, the numbers shot way up: 9% of adults age 18-29 have moved due to the coronavirus.

New federal guidelines say international students will be forced to leave the U.S. or transfer to another college if their schools offer classes entirely online this fall.

An extra $600 a week in federal unemployment runs out at the end of July — even for those with underlying health conditions who are at greater risk if they contract COVID-19.

Nearly 60 people held in a southern Delaware prison have tested positive for the coronavirus.

Starting Monday, Philadelphia will again collect recycling from each home every week. The city had been collecting recycling once every two weeks during the pandemic.

WHO has been criticized in recent weeks and months for its seeming divergence from the scientific community.

Officials are urging travelers to follow the 14-day quarantine advisory as they see an uptick in the rate of infection for COVID-19.

Instead of running a COVID test on every specimen, a lab can combine multiple samples. If the batch is negative, everyone is in the clear. A positive leads to more testing.