Health

Emissions from coke ovens can cause cancer, and they sometimes escape through leaky doors and other parts of plants.

Two-thirds of Philly's public schools don't have playgrounds. Research shows the spaces are beneficial for kids, so why is it so hard to build them?

Delaware has launched a campaign to encourage current and former heavy smokers over 55 to be screened.

The increase in women with syphilis is especially alarming to city officials because the disease is the most serious when it is passed on to a fetus.

This could be a crucial year for the powerful gene-editing technique CRISPR as researchers start testing it in patients to treat diseases such as cancer.

The country's largest coke plant was without pollution controls for over three months.

Terminally ill patients in New Jersey will have to meet with two doctors and wait at least 15 days before they can get the lethal drugs.

Some environmentalists say food production needs a fundamental reboot, with crops that stay rooted in the soil for years, like Kernza, a prairie grass.

The FDA, accustomed to approving drugs and clearing medical devices, is now figuring out how to make sure computer algorithms are safe and effective.

An Indianapolis-based company has issued a recall for melon products sold in 16 states after being linked to a salmonella outbreak.

Philadelphia now sees more than 30 cases of hepatitis A a year, about five times more than just two years ago.

Gov. Phil Murphy on Friday signed legislation making New Jersey the seventh state to enact a law permitting terminally ill patients to seek life-ending medication.

Intense competitiveness — and the flip side of the coin, fear of failure — is part of the culture at medical school.

What she learned was, “It’s all about being in the moment and being OK with what is now.” That helped her manage her addiction and made her a better mom.

In science — and in life — failure is both a stumbling block and a building block. We regard failure as the enemy of success — but ...