Public Health

The American College of Physicians says there are risks to using the anti-malarial drug on patients, and no benefit. Monitored clinical trials are advised.

All 50 states have at least partially eased tight restrictions on businesses, with a mix of policies letting restaurants or stores welcome customers.

Gov. Phil Murphy announced a partnership with Quest Diagnostics and Walmart to provide seven self-administered testing sites across the state.

Efforts to cut Philadelphia’s jail population to limit the spread of COVID-19 have slowed down while pressure mounts to keep the wheels of justice turning.

The disbursement will be distributed to the state’s roughly 7,000 licensed child care providers in mid-to-late June.

Some may question the value of closing schools, but there’s plenty to be cautious about. According to one expert: “Lack of evidence doesn’t mean that there isn’t a risk.”

More than $50 million in federal funding is coming to Pennsylvania to fight food insecurity during the pandemic.

The team has been working nearly 24/7 since the pandemic landed.

The Republicans who signed the letter to Gov. John Carney want him to start the first phase of reopening this weekend, not his June 1 target date.

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection announced a new initiative to encourage wearing masks in public areas.

The product faces nearly 20,000 lawsuits claiming it caused ovarian cancer or mesothelioma.

“You can study a pandemic till you’re blue in the face, but you never know what it’s going to be like until it happens.”

The novel COVID-19 vaccine was developed in the lab of Jefferson professor Matthias Schnell, an infectious disease expert.

Feds reversed an earlier plan to set a national standard for the toxic chemical, citing tough measures in two states.

Hotels have been devastated by the pandemic. To survive, they are adapting with extra-deep cleaning and contactless interactions.