Public Health

Now that test kits are more available, there has been some concern fear of cost might deter underinsured or uninsured Americans from getting tested.

A lot of cleaning and monitoring for symptoms is going on since close quarters would make it hard for residents to keep a distance from an ill individual.

The lab can now handle about 25 samples a day and that rate should increase in the coming days after it gets a piece of equipment that boosts its testing capacity.

While proponents claim CBD derived from hemp can help ease chronic pain and anxiety, the federal government says there is little research into its benefits or potential harms.

One in three Americans now have myopia. Kids who spend lots of time indoors are five times more at risk of developing it, research shows.

Sales of hand sanitizers in the U.S. were up 73% in the four weeks ending Feb. 22 compared to the same period a year ago

Pa.'s Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine said getting test results from the state-run lab in Exton is reducing the turn-around time significantly.

The Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate by a sizable half-percentage point Tuesday in an effort to support the economy in the face of the spreading coronavirus.

We talk about the coronavirus, its spread to the U.S., the government's response, and steps people should take to be prepared.

Two separate efforts progressing in Harrisburg to regulate supervised injection sites, including a complete ban.

New Jersey and Delaware officials said Monday that their states still had no confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus.

Temple University ends semester in Rome promises on-line completion to semester.

Governor Phil Murphy outlines New Jersey’s preparedness activities related to the outbreak of novel coronavirus on March 2, 2020, in Trenton.

Reports said the odor emanated from the former PES refinery in South Philly.

The court said it would hear an appeal by 20 mainly Democratic states of a lower-court ruling that declared part of the statute unconstitutional and cast a cloud over the rest