Public Health

For a second day, the number of coronavirus infections grew dramatically.

As anxiety mounts over the condition of Philly schools, many teachers wonder if their buildings made them sick. Lynn Johnson is one of them.

They’re following the volunteer model made famous by Planned Parenthood.

The Chinese exchange student visiting William Penn Charter School who exhibited signs of a respiratory illness tested negative for coronavirus.

A Chinese exchange student is being tested for coronavirus because he is exhibiting flu-like symptoms. Philadelphia health officials say: don’t panic.

This week: remembering Kobe Bryant, a new promising gene therapy treatment for muscular dystrophy, and teaching kids how to avoid domestic abuse.

In rural and unincorporated parts of fast-growing Sussex County, 98,000 residents rely on private wells. In many areas, the water is tainted, undrinkable.

Saturday's Lunar New Year celebrations were dampened in China by fears over the coronavirus outbreak and travel restrictions affecting 46 million people.

Inovio Pharmaceuticals received a grant to support development of a vaccine against the recently emerged strain of coronavirus.

The collaboration seeks to combine Jefferson's clinical expertise with the work already being done to educate autism professionals at Saint Joseph's Kinney Center for Autism

Five chemical companies have been accused of contaminating many areas of New Jersey with toxic PFAS chemicals.

The PFT is suing the school district over its handling of mold, lead and asbestos problems inside several school buildings over the last few years.

The state used to cover a third of costs and now pays for a fourth of what districts spend on services for students with disabilities.

McClure was initially closed on Dec. 19, along with Carnell Elementary, following the discovery of damaged and thus potentially dangerous asbestos in both schools.

A Middletown man was arrested on charges of tossing an incendiary device outside the clinic near the University of Delaware in Newark.