Public Health

Here’s a look at what will stay and what will go once the emergency order is lifted.

While officials are conducting a second round of lead testing in schools, the state education secretary says “filter first” should be the mantra going forward.

State health officials say multiple people, including Gov. John Carney, have tested positive for COVID-19 after a series of events in and around Legislative Hall.

It comes as lawmakers have already ended elements of the emergencies that kept millions of Americans insured during the pandemic.

There's been such an increase in demand that an FDA database lists the medication's active ingredient, semaglutide, as "currently in shortage."

Under the current policy — last updated in 2020 — men who have sex with men can donate blood if they haven't had sexual contact with other men for three months.

Delaware City’s PBF refinery discharged more than one million pounds of nitrogen into the Delaware River without violating its permit. Advocates say that’s a problem.

Advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration today endorsed a proposal to make big changes in the nation's approach to vaccinating people against COVID-19.

The American Lung Association's annual State of Tobacco Control report shows some progress in reducing smoking-related illnesses, but gaps remain.

Health officials said there is no health threat to the general public at this time as they believe the risk of infection has largely been contained.

The goal is to simplify vaccination against COVID and perhaps adopt an approach similar to that used for the flu vaccine.

The National Institutes of Health and telemedicine provider eMed will study how virtual COVID home testing and treatment could work on a large scale.

At-home rapid tests have become a staple of COVID-19 precautions, but some experts worry that people are relying too much on these tests.

The lawsuit says Thinx underwear, long marketed as safe and sustainable, contains harmful chemical substances known as PFAS.

The district is one of just a few in the U.S. to require masks periodically this school year. Nearby Camden City School District also started the year with a mask mandate.