Coronavirus Pandemic

U.S. health officials say women seeking an abortion pill will not be required to visit a doctor’s office or clinic during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Days after declaring racism a serious public health threat, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a pair of studies.

The announcement comes as the district invites students in grades 6-9 back for in-person classes a few days a week starting May 10.

State officials urge residents to get any vaccine available as Johnson & Johnson doses could be scarce. Meanwhile, Camden County has 2,000 unclaimed doses on hand.

New studies of experimental updates to the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines mark a critical first step toward an alternative if the virus eventually outsmarts today’s shots.

Many parts of the state opened Phase 1C Monday, but according to the Department of Health, appointments remain available, prompting the change.

“The problem is, as small hospitals go away, there goes your community. Do you want to move to a community that doesn't have a hospital?”

The Equitable Small Business Initiative is a $5 million (and growing) pot of money used to award loans to businesses owned by people of color impacted by the pandemic.

There are many ways to get the shot to someone else: inform your neighbors; assist with appointments; volunteer with local vaccination efforts.

Some of the backlog is for second shots. The health department is working to reduce the overflow.

As vaccines become more widely available, it's likely that many more colleges will add their own mandates.

More than 200 locations are approved to receive doses from the city health department.

Other experts worried that delays could erode faith in governments that were particularly efficient in their vaccination programs and were counting on second doses soon.

The numbers bode well for businesses in the heart of the city after a rough year.

These were women who held the hands of the dying and who raised the unwanted, who pushed chalk to slate to teach science and grammar and, through their own example, faith.