Public Health

The FDA reversed course and said it had become clear it needed to wait for data on how well that third shot works for this age group.

When a cancer survivor got pneumonia, the 25-bed hospital in her town didn't have the specialized care she needed. But with omicron surging, there was no ICU bed for her.

Negotiations between the two entities will continue until a “definitive agreement” is reached. A deal could close in the second half of this year.

The Camden City School District says students, staff, and visitors will still be required to wear masks after the statewide order lifts. Other districts are still deciding.

As more places drop mask orders and other COVID-19 precautions, there's new urgency in finding ways to protect up to 7 million Americans with severely weak immune systems.

Governors in several states have rolled back mask mandates for schools but is it too soon in the pandemic to end universal masking in classrooms?

The nonprofit has been battling for years with the U.S. Justice Department to open a supervised injection site in Philadelphia.

On Tuesday, the Health Resources and Services Administration is distributing $66.5 million to community groups working in 38 states and in Washington, D.C.

The governor says people need to protect themselves with the mask mandate for businesses ending Friday, and for schools on April 1.

The position is a drastic change from its stance in the Trump administration, when prosecutors fought vigorously against a plan to open a safe consumption site in Philadelphia

Some parents cautiously welcomed the news, while others were concerned that kids will be put at risk. Another group will press on in a legal fight.

The governor had reinstituted the mask requirement on Jan. 11, after leaders of overwhelmed hospitals had retreated to “crisis” levels of care.

Scientists are beginning to come up with answers to the question of how long antibodies from an infection can protect you — and what they'll protect you from.

Symptoms can hang on for a while. Maybe longer than you expect, as a reporter for WHYY’s Health Desk Help Desk learned.

Malaria kills more than half a million people per year, most of them small children.