Public Health

The prospective buyer of the shuttered Chester County hospitals has ended a new bid to purchase and reopen them.

P.O.C., a partner in WHYY’s News and Information Community Exchange, hit the streets of Philadelphia to see how everyday people are reacting to the end of the mask mandate.

The money covers the U.S. costs of sending troops and weapons to Eastern Europe and equipping allied forces there in response to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion.

Between October and December of last year, researchers swabbed the noses of 93 dead deer from across Pennsylvania. Nearly a fifth of the animals tested positive for COVID.

Sunday, March 6 marked two years since Pennsylvania’s first case of COVID-19 was reported in Delco.

Masks will now be optional for students and staff, except those in pre-K Head Start programs.

U.S. Sen. Tom Carper wants to reauthorize the Delaware River Basin Conservation Act, and provide more funding for groups working to improve the watershed.

The program enables at-risk patients who test positive to get antiviral pills on the spot in some pharmacies. But many pharmacies won't be able to participate.

Even as more people return to work, many are struggling with debts built up when they were unable to work or did not collect a regular paycheck.

Clothing, carpeting, even microwave popcorn bags may have been manufactured using some members of this toxic class of chemicals.

The executive director of Magic Gardens found “joy” in donating a kidney. She changed the company's health benefits so workers can do the same.

Each household can order a total of eight tests. So if you ordered four in January, when the program launched, you're eligible to order a second batch of four more.

According to a recent poll, two-thirds of New Jersey residents agree with ending the school mask mandate.

Federal law gives the states authority. New Jersey already has enforceable maximum contaminant levels for specific types of the toxic chemicals.

Lifted mandates leave a lot of risk calculations up to immunocompromised individuals, for some of whom vaccines aren’t much help.