Coronavirus Pandemic

Prisoners are suing Cumberland officials over conditions inside the county jail and accusing them of mistreatment. A county commissioner says otherwise.

The coalition argues that schools can be reopened safely this month, but teachers must heed the district’s call to return in order to begin that process.

Delaware is one of nine states that has given at least 10% of its residents at least one of two needed vaccination shots, its public health director says.

City officials are encouraged by the overall decline in case counts, but they are still urging people not to let their guard down.

The nonprofit Public Health Management Corp. offered vaccines to its 3,000-member staff, many of whom aren’t eligible yet.

On the state level, this kind of information is already published regularly.

Older Pennsylvanians, who are supposed to be among the first in line to get the vaccine, are also struggling with clunky and disjointed online signups.

WHO food safety and animal diseases expert Peter Ben Embarek announced that assessment Tuesday at the end of a visit by a WHO team that is investigating the virus' origins.

Balancing students' needs against teacher COVID safety concerns.

Expanding access to benefits comes at a time when schools are experiencing declines in enrollment, and more people are going hungry.

The announcement comes as the Philadelphia teachers union has staged a citywide protest against the school district for its attempt to bring some teachers back into buildings.

District officials had been demanding some teachers return to school buildings Monday, ahead of a planned return of up to 9,000 young children on Feb. 22.

How long is the wait to hear back? Is it first-come, first-served? What about line-jumping? WHYY’s Health Desk Help Desk wondered too.

30-year-old Philadelphia FIGHT provides health care and coronavirus testing. It wants people to know it is not involved with the similarly named start-up.

New Castle County used $5.5 million of its federal coronavirus relief money to fund the laboratory at the university’s northern campus.