Health

For all the harm that COVID-19 has wrought, a silver lining in this dark cloud that still hangs over our health care system has emerged. 

An inmate is seeking legal recourse after being denied early release due to a kidney disease formula that adjusts diagnoses based on race.

Nasal vaccines are tricky to develop and it’s not clear how quickly any could become available, but several are in clinical trials globally.

Airlines are offering options, including refunds in some cases, for people worried about flying with passengers not wearing face masks.

Soul food is one way—a fundamental way—that Black people have been able to feel a sense of kinship with other Black people.

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf selected Johnson as the fourth person to lead the health department since the start of the pandemic.

The research suggests that ongoing health risks in vulnerable communities are at least partly tied to historical structural racism.