Health

Philadelphia is now the most bed bug infested city in the country. We'll talk about the dangers and annoyances bed bugs pose and how to protect yourself from them.

On a rainy day in June, Kim stood in her house in Levittown. The room was unlit, smelled of rotting food and was cluttered with things Kim had collected.

Derricia Smith, 17, reflects on her experience with an elegant safeguard of the mind when it faces trauma, in this essay for Philly Audio Diaries.

A Delaware refinery has reached a settlement over its release of toxic chemicals into the air.

Protesters slammed Joel Freedman, Hahnemann’s owner, for what they see as an attempt to encroach on a vulnerable hospital for real estate profits.

The Pennsylvania Department of Health has added anxiety disorders and Tourette syndrome to the list of medical conditions approved for receiving medical marijuana.

Dozens of prosecutors across the country are now backing Safehouse.

Area nurses, midwives and other medical providers said the loss of a hospital like Hahnemann that takes many Medicaid-dependent patients is unfathomable.

Drexel College of Medicine and Hahnemann Hospital announced a shift of most residency programs to Philly region facilities managed by Tower Health.

A pricing tool embedded in many medical records systems lets doctors see how much each patient is likely to pay out-of-pocket for medicine. But the tools could be better.

We start the hour talking with U.S. Representative Madeleine Dean about her visit to migrant detentions centers and then, we discuss the role compassion plays in medicine.

Shifting government funding between hospitals and sticking to visa requirements are some challenges facing medical residents as they seek new placements.

A new study of Delaware overdose deaths in 2018 found 52% of people who died had visited the emergency room within three months of their death.

The state of Delaware is working with reproductive-health nonprofit Upstream USA to increase access to all kinds of birth control, including longer-term methods.

After failing to legalize marijuana this year, New Jersey is now aggressively expanding its medical marijuana program.