Health

The nationwide shortage is being driven by a steady rise in demand for menopausal hormone therapy that is outpacing current patch supply.

Temperature and precipitation pattern changes mean trees are blooming earlier.

A look at what causes perfectionism, how it affects our lives and health, and how we can escape its grip.

Home care workers and agencies say the state needs to raise reimbursement rates and pay to meet demand for an aging population.

A look at the challenges of caregiving,, from changing relationships, to dealing with loneliness and burnout.

Founders of the new Independent Autism Coordinating Committee say they will act as an alternative body to a federal advisory group under RFK Jr.

Dennis Massimo’s genetic diagnosis and cancer treatment plan was coordinated at the new King Center for Lynch Syndrome at Penn Medicine.

Unpacking a year of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at the helm of the Department of Health and Human Services -- vaccines, ultra-processed foods, and the MAHA movement.

Advocates point to a Philadelphia program as a model for statewide grief support services that could be funded with opioid settlement funds.

Reproductive medicine and fertility centers are required to meet specific safety standards and apply for state licensure under new rules.

The county’s Reentry Release Center in Camden has peer specialists who connect people to housing, health care and other social services.

The federal “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” signed into law last July, blocks Medicaid funding to facilities that perform abortions.

Pennsylvania has reported 12 confirmed cases of measles so far in 2026 and is on track to surpass last year’s total of 16 infections.

Pennsylvania nonprofit Be a Part of the Conversation is launching recovery programs and parent partnership services in southern Delaware for families affected by addiction.

The snowstorm caused more cancellations at local blood donation drives and centers, at a loss of about 1,000 blood and platelet donations.