Health

The new recall includes 71 products made between May 10 and July 29 under the Boar's Head and Old Country brand names.

Would you give your kidney to a stranger? What if you could get a $50,000 tax credit for it? That's just one proposal for upping organ donation in the US.

The current contract between Temple Health and Keystone First health insurance was set to expire after July 31.

A Swedish study found blood testing to be more accurate than traditional exams at diagnosing Alzheimer's. The findings were reported at a conference in Philadelphia on Sunday.

The rise comes as the CDC is preparing to end its program providing free COVID-19 vaccines to people without insurance.

Thomas Jefferson University was among the first programs in Philly to distribute Narcan to all incoming medical students.

The new law focuses on hospitals with high-volume Medicaid patient populations, like St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children.

Montgomery County officials have yet to determine a location for their $18 million investment into emergency mental and behavioral health care.

Hospitals are legally required to care for undocumented patients in emergencies. But when a patient is too sick to be discharged, some turn to a controversial practice.

A promising new cure sparked a wave of renewed interest in gene therapies about a decade ago — but it also set off alarm bells in the financial world.

As of Friday, 28 people have fallen ill — all of whom have been hospitalized — and two people have died, one from Illinois and one from New Jersey, according to the CDC.

The county recorded 109 suspected overdose deaths so far this year, compared to 179 deaths during the same time in 2023, new state data show.

How money shapes our health care system — and our health — from doctor decisions, to medical debt, to the pharma industry.

Addiction medicine providers told members of Philadelphia City Council that addiction treatment options have not caught up to the complex needs of today.

Gov. Josh Shapiro’s office said it “will not entertain any requests for a taxpayer bailout of a for-profit company.”