Coronavirus Pandemic

When a Facebook researcher suggested disabling comments on vaccine posts until the platform could do a better job of tackling anti-vaccine messages, that proposal was ignored.

Despite falling case numbers, there are some troubling indicators, including the onset of cold weather, which sends people indoors, where the virus can more easily spread.

The U.S. is expected to begin vaccinating children under 12 sometime next month, if the FDA clears low doses of the Pfizer vaccine for 5- to 11-year-olds.

FDA and CDC authorized the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson boosters, along with Pfizer’s. Here’s what you need to know now that they’re all available.

Federal scientists say kid-size doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine appear highly effective at preventing symptomatic infections among elementary school children.

The shots could begin early next month — with the first children in line fully protected by Christmas — if regulators give the go-ahead.

More than 70% of Philadelphians are vaccinated, and the health department aims to reach the remaining third.

A family in Houston and plumber in Maryland couldn't afford rent, which pushed them into crowded living quarters. During the pandemic, that predicament has upped viral spread.

Gov. Phil Murphy remains committed to schools being open for in-person instruction only. New York City has taken the same approach. Philadelphia hasn’t.

The Food and Drug Administration authorized booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccines made by Moderna and Johnson & Johnson following unanimous votes by a committee.

All future contractors for the state of New Jersey must prove that they or their employees are vaccinated or be subjected to weekly testing for COVID-19.

Plus, less than a quarter of all firefighters submitted proof of vaccination. Officials again declined to impose a tougher mandate on municipal workers.

Within hours of formal approval, expected after the CDC advisory meeting scheduled for Nov. 2-3, COVID vaccine doses will begin shipping to providers across the country,

Class is in session at Odessa High in Delaware, where schools are fully open after the previous two years were disrupted by the pandemic.

Penn Med researchers found that memory T and B cells play a significant role in fighting COVID-19 even 6 months after vaccination.