Health

Statistics released earlier this month reveal a slight decrease in overdose deaths for the first time in 10 years.

Health officials say the only way to confirm you have whooping cough is to get a diagnosis.

Younger people, between the ages of 15 and 24, have some of the highest rates of infection.

Tree and grass pollen are at extreme levels, according to local pollen counts. Experts say climate change is to blame for longer allergy seasons.

Health disparities for Black maternity remain a challenge in Delaware. Advocates say the problem stems from systemic racism, implicit bias and injustice.

The group touted efforts to improve Black maternal health outcomes at the Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg.

A physician and policy expert team up on a decades-long effort to bring Spanish-speaking doctors to California — and the roadblocks that stood in their way.

Un médico y un experto de políticas se unen en un esfuerzo de décadas para traer médicos mexicanos a California – y los obstáculos que enfrentaron.

Latinos are America’s biggest minority — and yet many of them feel alienated by our country’s health care system.

An event addressing maternal health disparities will be held in one of the poorest cities in New Jersey.

Drinking water providers are seeking funding to cover the costs of eliminating toxic PFAS from its water supplies.

An exhibition features works by art therapy alumni, faculty and students to honor 50 years of a program that changed the art therapy field.

Maria Wright recently found herself in an unlikely position when she received a devastating cancer diagnosis — becoming one of the people she usually serves.

World renowned soprano Renée Fleming on the power of music to heal the brain and body. And, pasta inventor Dan Pashman on his cookbook "Anything's Pastable."

Delaware’s appeal to retirees may be one reason the state has seen such a sharp rise in Alzheimer's-related deaths.