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Permits will be revoked at businesses that sold to minors at least 3 times in the past 2 years. Philadelphia has the highest smoking rate of any U.S. city.

An October ruling that what would become the 1st U.S. supervised injection site did not violate the “crackhouse statute” was too narrow to close the case.

The hospital routinely failed to sanitize the equipment it used to prepare donor breast milk, according to a state health department report released Monday.

If ever there was a time to up your fitness game, the arrival of the new year and the new decade is it.

The governor's office says the plan is "aimed at expanding resources" as well as fighting stigma, but said it's too early to talk funding or structure.

Enduring opioid epidemic, rising cost of prescription drugs and of health care overall are set to remain big issues for patients, providers and state officials.

India Hardy has lived with pain since she was a toddler — from dull persistent aches to acute flare-ups that interrupt the flow of her normal life.

We asked outspoken doctors and health advocates to give us their Top 7 messages to women for 2020. Here's what they said.

Medicaid recipients in Pennsylvania could be in for a surprise on their next trip to the pharmacy as preferred drug list changes.

Nearly 1 in 4 Americans has trouble affording prescription drugs, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation poll.

We explore the history and future of reproductive technologies and the thorny questions that arise around women’s bodies, fertility, and having children.  

New research finds opioid overdose deaths could increase by as much as 85% in counties where auto plants close.

Running, biking, weightlifting, swimming — for lots of people, working out is an important part of life. It’s about our health — me ...

Arcadia University researchers tested snapper soup served at 20 restaurants in Philadelphia and found elevated lead and zinc.

Every day, 130 Americans die from opioid overdoses, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.