Health

Despite orders from the Pennsylvania Health Department not to close yet, Hahnemann staff say hospital leadership is scaling back operations.

An air quality alert is in effect Thursday at the Jersey Shore for ground level ozone, according to the National Weather Service.

The owner of Hahnemann University Hospital has announced it will close in September because of what the company calls "continuing, unsustainable financial losses."

Philadelphia, state and federal officials gathered Tuesday to assure city residents Friday’s explosion and fire did not result in any public health threat.

Six months in, opponents say a smoking ban at Philadelphia inpatient addiction treatment centers is a barrier to getting started for some. Others leave early.

TV and movies represent everything that’s wrong about physical education. Some teachers are working to change that.

In low-income countries, "test and treat" is not the typical approach to prevention. There has been no research to support it.

Lesbian, gay and bisexual adults are more than twice as likely as their non-identifying peers to experience a mental-health condition.

The WHO notified lawmakers that it will discontinue two publications on prescribing opioids in response to allegations that the pharmaceutical industry influenced the reports.

New Jersey officials distributed 20,000 free naloxone packs to pharmacies, and said Tuesday’s event was a pilot program that could be expanded in the future.

US Steel has put its pollution controls back online at its Clairton Coke Works and avoided a potential shutdown order, the Allegheny County Health Department said Tuesday.

Twenty years ago, an 18-year-old's death while undergoing a Penn clinical trial changed gene therapy.

A study from researchers at Cooper University Hospital shows an uptick in infections due to Vibrio vulnificus in the Delaware Bay.

The second fire at US Steel's Clairton plant in six months could send SO2 levels up again.

With female incarceration rates rising in the United States, prisons and jails across the country are contending with new challenges, including caring for pregnant women.