Coronavirus Pandemic

A board vote Tuesday comes amid a lawsuit filed by a group of parents upset with the district’s intent to start the school year without mandatory masking.

After 18 months of shutdowns and mostly virtual or hybrid learning, students will be piling into schools across the state this week.

New Jersey officials are trying to give any skeptical school administrators few excuses for avoiding the state’s mask and vaccine mandates.

Letters were sent to state education leaders in Iowa, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Utah.

People in the quinceañera industry in the Philadelphia region report a surge in families wanting to book everything from DJs to videographers — and fast.

As the federal government plans COVID-19 booster shots to strengthen waning immunity, WHYY’s Health Desk Help Desk shares what you need to know.

Philly’s latest effort to boost COVID-19 vaccinations took the form of a parade down Broad Street Sunday, with live music, soccer, and mobile clinics.

Latino-owned businesses have tended to receive less support from the government and have had a harder time recovering from pandemic-related losses.

The public housing agency, which employs over 1,200 staffers, will be the first public housing agency in Pennsylvania to require vaccinations.

COVID-19 vaccination will be required for all in-person participants taking part in the 2021 Broad Street Run.

Since the start of the pandemic, emergency departments around the country have seen a proportional rise in children showing up in the midst of mental health crises.

The pandemic has reshaped workers’ conception of fairness at work. For SEPTA, upcoming union negotiations will reveal just how much has changed.

Camden County uses an ice cream truck as an aide to find people to vaccinate in an area where the unvaccinated are high.

The court’s decision blocks the Biden administration from enforcing a temporary ban that was put in place because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Since March 2020, the federal government has provided $190 billion in pandemic aid to schools — including nearly $7 billion for Pennsylvania.