Coronavirus Pandemic

Regional Congregate Care Assistance Teams will replace the old program with $12 million in funding that will run through the end of February.

Even as the coronavirus pandemic continues to rage across Delaware, Gov. John Carney says schools have proven to be safe spaces for students and teachers.

"Morning Edition" host Jennifer Lynn speaks with Penn surgeon Dr. Matthew Beshara, who suffered a stroke while he was hospitalized with COVID-19.

The nation’s overall death toll from COVID-19 has eclipsed 380,000, closing in fast on the number of Americans killed in World War II, or about 407,000.

With the latest round of federal aid, the authority ought to be able to keep things together into 2022, a spokesperson said.

Families attending schools in affluent areas were about as likely to choose in-person instruction as families attending schools in low-income neighborhoods.

Starting Jan. 26, airlines will only allow people to board if they provide documents that they tested negative in the preceding three days or have recovered from the disease.

People can sign up through a contact form. The consortium will begin administering the vaccines when Philadelphia enters Phase 1B of its distribution plan.

It may seem counterintuitive, but health officials say that even after you get vaccinated against COVID-19, you still need to practice the usual pandemic precautions.

The death toll is projected to surpass 1,000 by Friday. Half of those who have died were living in nursing homes.

Whole genome sequencing checks for coronavirus variants. The city and the university are working out the details of a partnership going forward.

The three Democratic lawmakers directed their anger toward some House Republicans who were also in the secure room and declined opportunities to wear a mask.

Philadelphia’s priority groupings, unlike federal or state guidance, prioritizes people under the age of 74 with high-risk medical conditions. Here’s why.

So far, the vaccine rollout has been primarily to health care workers and nursing home residents, and the slow pace has frustrated many Americans.

“There is a disconnect between the world of capital … and Black-owned companies,” said Social Venture Circle Philadelphia Network Manager John Moore.