Public Health

J.K. Rowling is hoping a dash of Harry Potter will help families confined to their homes during the coronavirus pandemic.

The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections is considering releasing hundreds of prisoners to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 within the system.

U.S. health regulators are telling drugmakers to immediately pull their popular heartburn drugs off the market after determining a contamination issue with the medication.

Add trash pickup to your growing list of things disrupted by COVID-19. Philadelphia sanitation workers are calling out of work, creating service delays.

The number of coronavirus cases in Delaware is more than doubling every three days, with a 260% increase in cases over the past week.

The state health commissioner says some hospitals have started to divert patients as they deal with a surge in coronavirus cases.

Gov. Tom Wolf extended his stay-at-home order to all 12.8 million people in the state.

Across the Philly region, many mental health providers have moved services online.

About 1 in 7 city courts are now unplayable, and more takedowns are planned.

Today we discuss the past and present of the Trump and his administration's handling of the coronavirus pandemic.

Wearing a mask is "an additional layer of protection for those who have to go out," former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb told NPR in an interview.

As hospitals consider how to free up bed space, Delaware officials say their first priority is recruiting enough nurses and doctors to help.

As of Wednesday morning, Monroe County had 236 confirmed cases, the most per capita in Pa., leading the five-county Philadelphia area.

President Trump is expected to brief reporters on the U.S. response to the novel coronavirus on Tuesday, alongside members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force.

Some of the dysfunction stems from a 2016 political spat that led to major layoffs in the division that handles unemployment claims, staffing levels never fully recovered.