Health

Some of the increase can be attributed to lax protection habits.

The public should be mindful — but health concerns are minimal.

Christiana Care has cut opioid prescribing by as much as half in some departments by adopting guidelines and best practices for post-surgical recovery.

Pa.'s state prisons are on lockdown after staff members required treatment in recent weeks from exposure to a yet-unidentified substance described as a liquid synthetic drug.

Legislation aims to improve detection, spur cooperation between federal and state governments.

Guests: Steve Twedt, Marcel Bonn-Miller, Shalawn James Medical marijuana was legalized in Pennsylvania more than ...

Philadelphia's Department of Public Health has launched a new campaign to promote breastfeeding, especially among women of color.

"It is time that President Trump and Secretary Azar declare STDs in America a public health crisis."

Independent researchers from George Washington University have estimated that Hurricane Maria caused 2,975 deaths in Puerto Rico in the six months following the storm.

It’s been 77 years since Delaware had a confirmed human death from rabies; the second in the United States this year.

Guests: Delane Casiano, Karriem Salaam, Howard Stevenson African Americans are more likely to report mental healt ...

She says the 2004 movie 'Super Size Me' sent the wrong message, and she wants to destigmatize fast food.

In the face of ringworm, scabies — even lice — keeping kids in class is a priority.

School vaccination laws took a long time to take root. Today, every state has one. Here’s how that happened.