Coronavirus Pandemic

The state is relying on a patchwork of individual health-care providers to create and manage their own scheduling, causing frustration among some residents.

State officials cited the need for health insurance availability during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, which has sickened thousands of residents.

Along with Hispanic and Native American people, Black Americans are dying from COVID-19 at nearly three times the rate of white Americans.

Many councilmembers alleged racist motivations behind Philadelphia’s choice to work with PFC, whose leadership team is largely white.

Philadelphia formally cut ties with 9-month-old Philly Fighting COVID on Monday. There were clear warning signs much earlier, some say.

The new facility will serve as a vaccination and testing site — and eventually the headquarters for the future county health department.

Some New Jersey residents, workers, and students who got their first shot of the coronavirus vaccine are struggling to figure out how to get their second.

Philadelphia Health Commissioner Thomas Farley said organizing vaccination events at small health centers will help build community trust in the immunization.

Roused by reporting on the startup’s questionable practices, lawmakers beginning to speak out.

Most of the $912 million being directed by the bill is federal aid approved by Congress in last month's coronavirus recovery package.

The new plan calls for pre-K through grade 2 students to return on Feb. 22. But there are signs that the city’s teachers union will oppose.

With input from the union, the institution is trying to balance community needs and safety concerns.

After five months of in-person instruction in more than 100 private schools in Philadelphia, health officials report nine outbreaks of COVID-19.

Pennsylvania Democrats are breaking rank to publicly express misgivings about the Wolf administration’s efforts to distribute the COVID-19 vaccine.

An analysis shows that more than 300 senior care homes did not have a scheduled vaccine clinic as of Jan. 17, while hundreds more weren’t covered by a federal partnership.