Health

After an OB-GYN heard of unexpected home births post-Hurricane Maria, she is teaching her patients calm and self-reliance, just in case.

It would be the first water supply impacted by drilling in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

New Jersey is removing a barrier to medication-assisted treatment that should give Medicaid patients greater access.

It's hard for humans to check algorithms that computers devise on their own. But these artificial intelligence systems are already moving from the lab toward doctors' offices.

Some expectant mothers of color are looking to midwives as alternatives to hospital deliveries. But those looking for familiar faces in Philly may be hard-pressed to find one.

"The optimist in me says in three years we can train this tool to read mammograms as well as an average radiologist," says Connie Lehman, chief of breast imaging.

After months of searching for a doctor with the right waiver to prescribe Suboxone, the Philadelphia jail has solved the problem.

PFAS, a class of toxic chemicals, are found in lots of everyday products from pizza boxes to dental floss. Why don't scientists know if they're safe?

Chow. Nibbles. Grub. Food — we relate to it in a lot of different ways. It can serve as nourishment, as pleasure, as fuel for our bodie ...

On Wednesday, Temple University set up a free clinic to provide students with booster shots.

Eating disorder supports are often expensive and not culturally inclusive. As a result, communities of color are building their own opportunities for healing.

A $15 million grant program aims to help people living with opioid use disorder pay rent, utilities and other housing costs.

These trips — where volunteers from the West visit poorer countries to perform surgeries — are a billion-dollar endeavor. Is it the best way to provide health care?

More than a hundred Temple University students have come down with the mumps over the last month. The school is offering two free clinics this week.

Anna Broomall broke gender barriers and worked to lower maternal and infant mortality rates.