During a pandemic, everyone in our communities should consider themselves “essential providers,” even if not all of us may be directly fighting in the frontlines.

For children already on the fringes — living with poverty, health problems and special needs — the pandemic has swept them further to the edges.

The first dose of the vaccine, made by Inovio Pharmaceuticals of Plymouth Meeting, was given to volunteers Monday at the University of Pennsylvania.

Before you search out serological testing so you go back to work or start attending public gatherings again, know there are many caveats to this type of test.

Mouths and noses have gotten the most attention as potential entry points for the virus, but germs can just as easily enter your body through your eyes.

Patients who are very ill with the coronavirus infection can quickly take a turn for the worse, making long journeys dangerous, medical experts say. Still, hospitals are required to care for all patients seeking treatment.

Abington High School teacher Maureen Boland feared for her life while hospitalized with coronavirus. “Don’t let it be me,” she hoped.

Physician practices employ 55,000 people in the Philadelphia region, and the coronavirus pandemic is hammering them financially as all non-urgent medical care is being postponed indefinitely.

The bond program is designed to reduce interest rates on health systems' short-term debt.

The two large insurers said they made the change to lower barriers to care as the coronavirus infects thousands in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

The emerging trend in Philadelphia mirrors other U.S. cities and deepens experts’ fears of a scenario that has played out in past epidemics, in which a virus spread around the globe by those with the means to travel comes down hardest on the most vulnerable communities.

As hospital's clinical workers face an increasing workload, their nonclinical coworkers are losing their jobs.

Coronavirus treatment could be affected by a looming shortage of medications used with ventilators.