Public Health

Despite the challenges, there are many candidates to be the vaccine that knocks out the coronavirus. But are they all equally promising?

Researchers say the U.S. needs to test at least 500,000 people a day. But labs and health systems have to share what’s required to perform the tests.

The newest ALA report shows some progress in Pennsylvania, but challenges remain.

The New Jersey governor on Wednesday clarified COVID-19 testing protocols and called on federal lawmakers to help states “in their most profound hour of need.”

Kathleen Poliski never thought she’d have a first date with someone she never met. But has social distancing changed the rules to dating?

StateImpact Pennsylvania reporter Susan Phillips talks to Morning Edition host Jennifer Lynn about COVID-19 waste and the first Earth Day in Philly.

On Wednesday night, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf laid out more details of his measured step-by-step plan to reopen the state starting May 8.

For Philly and Your Neighbor Good are helping Philadelphians in need.

Delaware saw its biggest jump in cases of the coronavirus, just one day after the state recorded its largest increase in deaths.

Temple University Hospital has more COVID-19 patients than any other Philadelphia hospital. How their overworked staff is caring for the city's most vulnerable.

Mattie Davis has 23 first graders in her North Philadelphia classroom. And she’s committed to reaching them, if necessary, one mail slot at a time.

We talk with poets Richard Blanco and Nikky Finney about writing and reading poetry during the pandemic and we hear how nurses are coping at Temple University Hospital.

Dr. David Tam had to get up to speed quickly as he took over leadership of Beebe Healthcare, just as the coronavirus was starting to spread in Delaware.

CDC director Dr. Robert Redfield says the agency will double the current number of positions to aid local health departments in quashing new outbreaks.

A Tuesday afternoon Senate session could provide an opportunity to quickly vote if the final deal comes together.