Health

This past week, Pennsylvania counted almost 9,000 cases of the flu. That’s up from the week prior, when 8,000 people were tallied.

New research suggests that a simple, fentanyl-detecting tool can provide accurate information that may help drug users protect themselves from an overdose.

WHYY recently published a blog post by S ...

Sponsor of measure says menthol cigarettes are heavily marketed in black communities, targeting African-American men.

The Philadelphia region is getting its first new psychiatric hospital in more than 50 years.

Noonan, who will begin her role next month, is a lawyer who has worked with the Camden Coalition as a consultant through PolicyLab, a research arm of CHOP.

There are lots of LGBTQ kids in the foster care system. To take care of those kids, Philadelphia is recruiting foster parents who are LGBTQ, too.

Victoria Elder loves her kid — and regrets becoming a mother. She and others are challenging the belief that parenthood is for everyone.

Facing terminal cancer, an undocumented immigrant must decide if access to life-extending medicine is worth the increased risk of deportation.

If a national version of this bill is approved, terminally ill patients could try experimental treatments that have completed some testing but don’t yet have FDA approval.

The facility, formerly a transit police headquarters, covers 11,000 square feet - 10 times the size of the current Hub of Hope, which has been operating in a storefront.

Susan G. Komen Philadelphia is calling on local leaders to eliminate the breast cancer mortality gap that disproportionately impacts African-American women.

WHYY will host a screening Monday of a documentary that follows two Iraq War veterans on a journey to find peace years after they left the battlefield.

This year, the city paid some volunteers to help with the count — those who have experience with substance abuse issues, mental health diagnoses or homelessness.

Guests: Megan Devine, Julia Cooper All of us will experience the death of a loved one in our lives, yet many of u ...