Coronavirus Pandemic

The U.S., where the virus has killed about 205,000 people, accounts for 1 out of 5 deaths worldwide, far more than any other country despite its wealth and medical resources.

Ridership on Regional Rail is down 90%​. SEPTA must change the system so it can serve essential workers — and draw people back to empty trains.

Those familiar with Shop-Vac’s finances say the pandemic is being used to justify rapid liquidation and over 400 layoffs in Lycoming County.

Officials aren’t sure why yet, but they’ve seen a cluster of new cases in a county that covers a large stretch of the Jersey Shore.

Plymouth Meeting-based Inovio Pharmaceuticals has to delay upcoming coronavirus vaccine trials after an FDA inquiry.

Wells Fargo, which recently settled a predatory loan lawsuit, reversed a decision to pull out of Pa.’s CARES Act program.

With Theatre Horizon’s Norristown stage dark, the company’s latest idea for pandemic-era entertainment: What if the audiences did the performing?

The pod experiment has bolstered a sense of community among parents grappling to juggle the demands of work and virtual school. It’s also raised equity questions.

With enormous chunks of ice caps in Greenland and Canada sliding into the sea, countries are acutely aware there's no vaccine for global warming.

One study is trying to help scientists and researchers answer one big question: Just how does the virus that causes COVID-19 spread from one person to another?

Shaming people who get sick or don’t follow the rules in a public health crisis has been a thing since well before coronavirus, researchers say.

There are things the city can do to support struggling small businesses — and keep Philadelphia from falling deeper into poverty.

The 153-bed West Philly safety-net facility, and its ER, will operate as a satellite of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.

COVID-19 numbers are also spiking in Monmouth, Gloucester, Middlesex, and Bergen counties.

In a diminished spotlight because of COVID-19, leading human rights defenders on Friday urged people in these fractured times to connect through politics — and vote, too.