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Philly says the ban, started in January at city-funded centers, has been a success. But providers and clients say it’s still easy to smoke in treatment.

The mobile trailers, part of an effort to combat hepatitis A, are locked up overnight.

"We are seeing more and more cases each day," the CDC's Dr. Anne Schuchat told lawmakers

It's been nine months since Philly banned smoking at city-funded drug rehab centers. Why it's hard to get answers about whether it's helping or hindering people in recovery.

STC Opco — a partnership between Reading-based Tower Health and Drexel University — bought the North Philadelphia facility for $50 million.

Military officials at a New Jersey base say a mosquito found at the installation tested positive for a dangerous disease. 

Instead of paying doctors piecemeal for prenatal appointments and delivery of the baby, some insurers now offer medical practices one lump sum to cover it all.

Sale of the North Philadelphia hospital is part of the Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding involving Philadelphia Academic Health, which also owns Hahnemann.

Coloring is a complex chemical reaction, a sophisticated organic synthesis, that takes place in each strand on the top of your head.

Long natural hair elicits wonder — but also much wondering about how to achieve it, and how to stop comparing ourselves with others who have.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi unveiled her sweeping plan to reduce drug prices Thursday, which included an international price index.

Type 1 diabetes can be well managed with insulin if blood sugar is consistently monitored. But insurance rules can make it hard for patients to get medical supplies.

Children spend a lot of time on screens, which worries many parents. We discuss the effects of screens on kids' mental, physical, emotional, and social health.

More than 3 million women experienced rape as their first sexual encounter, according to a new study, which surveyed women ages 18 to 44.