Coronavirus Pandemic

The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources has posted an “overcrowding alert" saying some parks have been turning people away and closing overflow parking.

One of the last of the cultural institutions on the Ben Franklin Parkway to reopen, the museum will have been closed for almost six months.

The Department of Health is establishing new mandatory benchmarks based on state, CDC and CMS guidelines.

A review by the Kaiser Health News service and AP finds at least 48 state and local public health leaders have resigned, retired or been fired since April across 23 states.

Eviction bans put in place during the pandemic have lapsed. President Trump’s executive order on evictions isn’t enough and Congress needs to act, housing activists say.

Schools, faith and community groups as well as professional musicians are all struggling with the risks of singing. Experts present the most recent research and offer tips.

At Gov. Tom Wolf’s request, the Small Business Association made a special disaster declaration, opening up new relief funds.

Upper Darby Mayor Barbarann Keffer made the announcement Sunday amid fears from residents that the two-week quarantine would lead to unsanitary conditions in the town.

The vaccine developed by the Plymouth Meeting firm and Wistar Institute researchers finished Phase I trials and is moving to an accelerated Phase II/III.

While COVID-19 positive voters may pose specific challenges to localities in some states, they are just the tip of the iceberg.

Critics question whether it's realistic to demand that college students not act like typical college students. The push illustrates the high stakes for universities this fall.

Contact tracing is key to keeping a community's positivity rate below 1.

Trump’s embrace of executive actions to sidestep Congress ran in sharp contrast to his criticism of former President Obama’s use of executive orders on a more limited basis.

The milestone was reached as new cases run at about 54,000 a day. Cases are rising in nearly 20 states, and deaths are climbing in most.

Reopening schools is easy. Keeping them open will be the hard part.