Public Health

This spring, congregations are reimagining how to celebrate bar and bat mitzvahs in light of the coronavirus pandemic.

His remarks were surprisingly political and touched on current events beyond the virus and its social and economic impacts.

They are often hundreds — even thousands — of people short of targets for their contact tracing programs.

More than 9,000 doses of the experimental drug are slated for distribution to hospitals across the state to treat COVID-19 infections.

Many students are obligated to pay rent under leases that run until August, even as many have lost their jobs and most aren’t eligible to receive the government stimulus aid.

The state’s purchase of 200,000 tests gives officials the ability to test up to 80,000 people monthly for the virus that has already infected more than 7,000 residents.

Facing growing criticism, the VA said Friday that it will not halt use of an unproven malaria drug on veterans with COVID-19 but that fewer of its patients are now taking it.

A caring sister brought the whole (masked) PME troupe to dance down Fabric Row.

A lawsuit in Franklin County highlights challenges faced by incarcerated Muslims during Islam's holy month.

Inmates in prisons and jails remain on lockdown. And without proper testing, public health experts say that can’t end anytime soon.

The state’s largest nurses’ union says health-care workers don’t have essential face masks, access to testing, and other safety measures.

Gov. Phil Murphy also said hospitals could resume elective produce on May 26, while the state will hold grand jury proceedings over Zoom.

Gov. John Carney unveiled a 25-page plan to launch Phase 1 of reopening the state including guidance for restaurants, retail stores and other locations.

Lawmakers from counties under restrictions have been agitating for a faster reopening and there’s another protest against the shutdown occurring at the capitol this morning.

Democrats pushed Congress’ biggest coronavirus relief bill yet toward expected House passage Friday, a $3 trillion behemoth they said a beleaguered country badly needs.