Public Health

Bars and restaurants across the country are struggling with tough decisions on whether to remain open or shut down as confirmed cases surge in their areas.

You’ve probably seen folks getting a bit of exercise with masks on, with masks slipped down around their neck — and with no mask at all. What do the experts suggest?

More than 2.5 million of confirmed cases are in the U.S. The countries with the next highest totals are Brazil, Russia, India and the United Kingdom.

To be clear: The CDC recommends that people wear cloth face coverings in public settings where other social distancing measures are difficult to maintain.

There’s now a citywide mandate to wear a mask.

The seemingly straightforward recommendation to secure a covering over one's nose and mouth has proven one of the pandemic's more partisan issues.

The pandemic has brought many new terms into daily usage. Here are definitions of some of the words used in discussion of the novel coronavirus and how to stem its spread.

“Life As We Know It” focuses on empowering Black and Latino men in Philly ages 18 through 45 to get tested for HIV through an at-home kit.

A federal judge ordered the release of children held with their parents in U.S. immigration jails and denounced the prolonged detention of families during the pandemic.

The parade was one of several efforts to make up to the graduates some of what they’d lost when school stopped in mid-March because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Regulators, companies and unions are trying to figure out how to get guests back into casinos in a way that doesn’t spread the virus. Will it work?

Judge McHugh hasn’t changed his opinion on the injection site’s public health benefits.

The pools will open for about five weeks, and for now be limited to 60 percent of capacity. COVID-19 health and safety precautions are required.

New Jersey schools will offer some form of in-person instruction this fall, but many students may also learn remotely, Gov. Phil Murphy announced Friday.

Some counties are leaning on trusted community messengers to improve contact tracing success.