Public Health

The American Lung Association says while ozone levels are improving, levels of particulate pollution are less promising.

Mayor Jim Kenney decried the ‘Trumpian’ politicization of vaccines and mask mandates during an online video interview with the Washington Post.

In June, Delaware County Memorial Hospital and Crozer Chester Medical Center will lose several key behavioral, mental health, and substance abuse services.

The rising number of fires hamper decades of environmental efforts, and over 40% of Americans — more than 137 million people — live in places with poor air quality.

The notice came minutes after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention asked the Justice Department to appeal the decision handed down by a federal judge in Florida earl

Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle's decision hinged on a definition of the word "sanitation" that public health experts and legal scholars say missed the mark.

The ordinance would require ownership to give the county a 180-day notice if they wanted to close a ward or hospital.

Philly reinstated an indoor mask mandate, a federal judge struck down the mask mandate on planes, trains, and public transportation, and COVID infections are climbing.

The CDC continues to assess public health conditions, and if the agency determines a mandate is necessary, the Justice Department will file an appeal.

Less than 24 hours after the city's mask mandate went into effect, the city’s regional transit provider SEPTA announced that masks would no longer be required on its vehicles.

The research is clear that air exchange and filtration curb COVID's spread, but upgrading systems is expensive, and there is little federal authority over indoor air quality.

HIV remains a problem in the U.S. because people don't use life-saving prevention and treatments. COVID is heading down the same path.

Here's a look at how U.S. transportation centers and providers are responding to a decision by a federal judge to throw out a national mask mandate for public transit.

The announcement came after a federal judge struck down the mask mandate covering airlines and other public transportation.

Area quarantined — 1.4 million chickens killed to prevent spread.