Health

School nurses now have to add shooter drills and concussion protocols to the day-to-day responsibilities that come with tending to the health needs of students.

The roles of nurses have changed and expanded a lot in recent decades. Nurses are highly specialized, they have branched out into new are ...

There's probably a biological explanation for the intensity of the sibling bond.

How to keep stressful dietary discussions off the holiday menu.

Growing up, my friends and I took for granted that we would always see each other the night before the holiday. Until we couldn’t.

Studies are accumulating showing the teen brain, consistently plied with alcohol, won’t reach maturity and damaged genetic material may be passed on.

The AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania is suing a Philadelphia pharmacy for outing a woman as transgender and HIV-positive to her neighbors.

Like adults, teens drink to escape and numb pain, but with little regard for how they might hurt their brains in the process.

New Jersey saw a decline of nearly five percentage points, outpacing downward trend in many states.

The Murphy administration has kept its pledge to create a new district-by-district clearinghouse for information on lead contamination in New Jersey schools’ drinking water.

When Lorraine Griggs' father was diagnosed with prostate cancer, he was treated with 35 rounds of radiation, though he had a long list of other serious issues.

Ublester Rodriguez could not have anticipated that his life would be profoundly changed by kitchen and bathroom countertops.

The aim: for state employees to understand and respond to trauma’s effects, to lessen its impact and build resilience in children and adults.

Pennsylvania is one of three states where high school football enrollment is not in decline.

When it comes to global health, the world has made remarkable strides over the past two decades.