Health

For most people, power outages are an inconvenience. For those who count on electricity for home medical equipment, they can be a crisis.

New Jersey’s homeless population has risen 17% over the past few years, and there aren't enough resources to properly help unhoused people.

Temple Health’s current contract with Keystone First, a large Medicaid insurance provider in southeast Pennsylvania, expires on July 31.

These medications have been so wildly successful that the drugmakers can’t keep up with demand.

Working with trained professionals at the team facilities, students will observe and participate in the care of the NFL players.

Some Philadelphia-area doctors say admissions to intensive care and asthma deaths among children have gone up this year, partly because of supply issues.

Shortages of ADHD medications have forced patients to ration and to spend hours calling different pharmacies to get prescriptions filled.

The Health and Human Services agency will also resume investigations into complaints against emergency rooms in Idaho.

The deal between the two South Jersey health systems follows a spate of recent hospital mergers and acquisitions in the region.

The union will include about 500 staff physicians at three hospitals in Delaware and Maryland and a stand-alone emergency center.

Remote Area Medical’s free clinic in Philadelphia is scheduled for Aug. 24 and 25. Health services are provided on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Prevention Point Philadelphia in Kensington offers HIV testing every day. The organization also has the largest syringe services programs in the city.

The mental health crisis is moving faster than providers can catch up, says one CHOP doctor.

An estimated 18,000 people currently live with HIV in Philadelphia. The summit is aimed at care providers, patients and community members.

A heat wave is coming to our region with temperatures expected to reach triple digits by the end of the week. Why heat is deadly? And how can we cool down our cities?