Health

Visitors line the hallways — even sleep on the floor — anxious for loved ones to recover. Noora Health trains overflow family to care for patients once they return home.

Disgraced former Philly sportscaster Don Tollefson is trying to pay it forward.

Guests: Beth Macy, Aubrey Whelan A “bad batch” of drugs, most likely a mix of heroine, fentanyl and K2, kille ...

Public health officials say dozens of people have been have been exposed to active tuberculosis at an elementary school in southern Delaw ...

Philadelphia wants residents to carry Narcan to prevent overdose deaths. But in the face of a possible emergency, a reporter found the reality is harder than it seems.

At its most essential: Call 911, and push hard and fast in the center of the chest.

The findings show 39.6 percent of adults and 18.5 percent of children fit the body mass index definition of obesity.

Nearly 30,000 people gathered Saturday morning at Penn’s Landing for Philadelphia's 17th annual Recovery Walk.

Drug overdose deaths "have been on an exponential growth curve" that began years before the rise in opioid prescriptions seen in the mid-1990s.

Cancer researchers, doctors, and patients gathered at WHYY’s Philadelphia studios on Friday to focus attention on the latest efforts to ...

Guests: Chyke Doubeni, Michael Hobbes Obesity continues to be a major public health issue in America. As this pro ...

Wife of former vice president says part of the plan is to come up with a roadmap to help cancer patients manage their care.

Philadelphia was particularly hard hit by the flu epidemic of 1918.

Technology helps us run our lives, do our jobs, get directions and keep track of our calendars. Right? Or, is technology taking control o ...

This week, JAMA publishes two major studies on a hot topic: physician burnout.