Public Health

Facing a shortage of face masks, health care workers go to DIYers and designers for help. Philadelphia launches task force to set mask-making standards.

The news came hours after local officials moved forward with a long-planned effort to clear a homeless encampment in the tunnels beneath the Center City convention center.

An Ocean County municipality has closed its ocean and bay beaches as coronavirus cases increase in New Jersey. 

Pennsylvania reported 165 new patients diagnosed with COVID-19 on Monday, the largest single-day jump since the coronavirus outbreak began.

Stiff penalties await individuals and businesses who violate New Jersey’s strict social distancing mandates, Attorney General Gurbir Grewal said.

According to immigration attorneys, conditions in family detention centers create “a crisis that threatens the lives of women, men and children.”

Anthony Fauci has become the scientific voice of reason about how to respond to the new coronavirus

The federal benefits can only be used for certain sizes and brands — and shelves are running dry.

The state’s latest directive expands the pool of doctors, nurses, pharmacists and mental health providers to treat patients until the emergency ends.

Dr. Anthony Fauci says he can't jump in front of the microphone to stop President Donald Trump from speaking at daily White House briefings on the coronavirus outbreak.

The coronavirus pandemic is leading to information overload for many people, often making it difficult to separate fact from fiction.

The Trump administration has done little to take advantage of an emergency system built after 9/11 to recruit volunteer doctors, nurses and other health-care workers.

This week; checking in with NJ congressman Andy Kim, a local update on how local governments are handling the pandemic, and gardening while quarantined.

Without comment, a majority of the state’s high court late Sunday denied the petition by a gun shop, a gun purchaser and a law firm to have Wolf’s shutdown order thrown out.

Filmmaker Melissa Beatriz makes the case for Philadelphia establishing an emergency fund for artists whose livelihood is impacted by the coronavirus outbreak.