Health

Confused about extreme heat terminology? Curious how climate change factors into soaring temps? The WHYY News Climate Desk has you covered.

We look at the DIY medicine movement, and what’s prompting a growing number of patients to experiment with treatments on their own.

Cultural, systemic and historical factors have converged to create the perfect storm when it comes to Black overdose deaths.

Northeast Philadelphia residents and lawmakers say the area has become a health care desert, with few affordable and low-cost options.

Are you good at giving advice? We're talking to R. Eric Thomas who will have to answer people's questions in his new national advice column.

In 2021, four people became the first all-civilian team to orbit Earth multiple times. Researchers studied their cognition, behavior and psychological performance.

The Biden administration’s new federal staffing rules for nursing homes, celebrated by aging advocates and labor unions, will take effect in 2026.

Latinos and African Americans suffer the highest rates of long COVID. Yet health care inequality and poor outreach have resulted in clinics with mostly white patient lists.

When it comes to rare diseases like HLH, the Zangrilli family says insurance can end up being the barrier to desperately needed treatment.

A real estate firm is proposing a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center in Univers ...

U.S. Food and Drug Administration–approved medications such as buprenorphine and methadone remain inaccessible for most people with opioid use disorder, Pew officials said.

Safehouse’s appeal seeks to reverse a district court judge’s decision to dismiss the nonprofit’s case in April with the U.S. Department of Justice.

As much as we would all love to ignore COVID, a new set of variants that scientists call “FLiRT” is here to remind us that the virus is still with us.

A person with measles who traveled through Terminal A West on May 31 may have exposed others to the virus, city officials say.

In this special live show, The Pulse talks with the scientists who are changing the way we live.