Health

The Department of Health's policy directs the use of intravenous doses, not the nasal spray.

Johnson & Johnson is forcefully denying a media report that it knew for decades about the existence of trace amounts of asbestos in its baby powder.

Opioid prescriptions have fallen by 28 percent in Pennsylvania from 2013 to 2018, but overdoses and deaths continue to rise.

A baby who was admitted to an Ebola treatment center just six days after birth has now recovered from the virus.

On this episode of The Pulse, we examine violence — what sparks it, how it spreads, and where it can lead. We’ll learn about ...

More than 5,100 kits were made available at 80 health clinics, libraries and public spaces across Pennsylvania.

Researchers at the University of Washington studied the high school students both before and after the start-time change. Their findings appear in a study published Wednesday

Environmentalists are applauding the commitment.

Eighty locations across Pennsylvania are getting ready to hand out free naloxone this Thursday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Delaware’s largest private employer says it is increasing its minimum wage to $15 an hour. Officials with Christiana Care He ...

Historically, pregnant women have been excluded from medical research, because scientists and ethicists were concerned that experimenting could hurt them or their fetus.

The guidelines say all emergency departments in the state should be ready to treat patients who are already addicted with medications that prevent painful withdrawal symptoms.

Health officials in Ocean County say 86 people who attended a private event may have been exposed to measles.

Angela Lautner knew her thirst was unusual, even for someone directing airplanes, outside in the Memphis summer heat.

Philadelphia has launched a new website where people receiving Medicaid benefits can find information about behavioral health and addiction treatment.