Public Health

The legislation includes direct payments to Americans, an aggressive expansion of unemployment insurance and billions of dollars in aid to large and small businesses.

Indoor air is often worse than outdoor air due to trapped toxins, household appliance emissions and allergens from pets and dust mites.

Good urban design helped Philadelphia stop 19th-century disease outbreaks. It can also lessen the impact of COVID-19 and future epidemics.

COVID-19 is not transmittable through water, experts say. Tap water is safe and there’s no need to buy bottled water.

Working with newly available stats, the state has learned that one in four symptomatic patients tested have COVID-19.

SEPTA and other regional transit agencies are facing an unprecedented challenge that won’t be solved by a $25 billion relief package advancing on Capitol Hill.

“The first wave of this epidemic is younger adults.”

Across the state, Pennsylvanians are trying to adjust to a new normal. Life in our homes, our public spaces, and our economy looks much different than it did mere weeks ago.

Last-minute objections are holding up a massive aid package that President Trump had been expected to sign.

With COVID-19 cases continuing to rise, Gov. John Carney is asking vendors to keep offering hand sanitizer, N95 masks and other critical supplies.

State police and other officials now have the power to order “non-life-sustaining” businesses to close. They say so far, they haven’t really had to use it.

Pennsylvania lawmakers voted Wednesday to delay the state's primary election by five weeks to June 2, potentially past the spike of the state's spreading coronavirus cases.

Smartphone GPS data gives an idea of how well people are following lockdown rules.

The annual Philadelphia Cultural Fund grants are going out, just when arts need them most.

Without naming names, Gov. Phil Murphy blasted people like the lieutenant governor of Texas who have suggested the tradeoff is worth it.