Health

Leah Still is nearing four years in remission and her father has become an author, motivational speaker, and an inspiration.

Lawmakers consider expanding end-of-life options, but not for people with Alzheimer’s disease.

Drugmakers add inactive ingredients to stabilize medications and sometimes to help the body absorb active ingredients. But the inactive constituents can cause side effects.

The Allegheny County Health Department revised an order against U.S. Steel that required it to significantly curb emissions from three of its Pittsburgh-area facilities.

First responders in Pennsylvania have been reporting a recurring problem when reviving overdose victims. Often, they're helping the same people, over and over.

Most with substance-use disorder begin using opioids as teenagers, so a Pennsylvania campaign aims to get young people to stop and think before taking pills.

Improved battlefield medical care in the Middle East means more troops have survived with traumatic brain injury. Researchers are trying to understand the long-term effects.

Researchers have found that the global gag rule has actually made women in sub-Saharan Africa twice as likely to have an abortion.

The Last Stop is a recovery house that offers free rehabilitation services for those suffering from addition. But it's run into conflicts with the city. Can it survive?

Between 2009 and 2017 the wholesale price of a single vial of Humalog, the Eli Lilly and Company-manufactured insulin Gilmer uses, nearly tripled.

A local prevention-navigation supervisor says the drug “has not been marketed to women, to African-American women, as a priority.”

The university is preparing, in case there are more cases of the flulike illness as students return from spring break. Current policy doesn’t require them to be vaccinated.

At the Tokyo Public Bayshore Disaster Prevention Park, learn how to survive without electricity, running water, heat, or air conditioning for 72 hours.

Earthquakes, storms, fires, disease — they sweep into our communities, often unexpectedly. They don’t happen often, but when they do, ...

One health plan from a well-known insurer promises lower premiums — but warns that consumers may need to file their own claims and negotiate over charges from hospitals.