Health

The state's Tick Research Lab, based at East Stroudsburg University, has recorded more than twice as many ticks this May compared to the same time last year.

Americans are turning away from the medical establishment and seeking alternative cures and supplements online. Why has trust in conventional medicine eroded?

Glioblastoma has been deadly and hard to treat, but researchers say they’ve made progress with bivalent CAR T-cell therapy delivered directly into the brain.

Capital Health - East Trenton served the immediate community around the former St. Francis Medical Center. Patients are being diverted to other hospitals in the network.

Attendees were offered free health screenings to monitor blood pressure and sugar levels, and were connected with local health organizations.

The Center for Families and Relationships and Project HOME have partnered to open a new mental health unit in North Philadelphia at the Helen Brown Community Center.

The federal budget bill, passed by the U.S. House of Representatives last week, would add Medicaid work requirements for childless adults to stay in the program.

Inspira Health Network would be hardest hit if Health Professionals and Allied Employees, the state’s largest nurses union, choose to go on strike.

The pending acquisition includes two facilities in Glen Mills, a location in Havertown, an office in Broomall and a site in Media.

Poison control experts say calls related to GLP-1 weight-loss drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound are rising, with symptoms like nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain.

The blood test measures two subtypes of tau and amyloid proteins, which can indicate the presence of amyloid plaque in the brain, a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease.

A person infected with measles recently attended a New Jersey Shakira concert. More than 1,000 cases have been confirmed across the U.S. this year.

The federal proposal would block Medicaid reimbursements for preventative health services to nonprofit family planning clinics if they also perform abortions.

Legislation to reel in for-profit health care usually dies in Harrisburg. Shapiro said he hopes with a united Delaware County, bills safeguarding hospitals can reach his desk.

Studies have suggested that Red 40 can cause neurobehavioral problems in some children. But some experts say more research is needed.