Health

What steps can people take to avoid the flu, aside from getting vaccinated? Wash hands frequently, stay away from sick people, and eat a healthy diet year round, say doctors.

New research from Penn State finds as incomes dropped and unemployment rose, communities suffered higher rates of opioid-related deaths.

Guest: Nadine Burke Harris Dr. NADINE BURKE HARRIS ...

When it comes to lowering the mortality rate, the U.S. is behind other developed countries like Canada, Norway, the U.K., and Australia.

The tattoo stretched across the man's chest. It said "Do Not Resuscitate." His signature was tattooed at the end.

Ultimately, Roe vs. Wade brought an end to Jane because women then had access to legal abortion providers.

The Philadelphia region boasts more than 20 universities and colleges, as well as five medical schools and schools of nursing and health care administration.

Behavioral Health practitioners nationwide have used the registry’s list of hundreds of evidence-based practices as the industry standard for what works.

Elana Gordon, a reporter for WHYY’s The Pulse, joined NewsWorks Tonight to weigh in on the local response to federal action.

Valley Day School in Bucks County takes a trauma-informed approach to its students who have behavioral or emotional issues. Singer/songwriter Sam Baker can relate.

'This epidemic can be traced to the defendants' false and deceptive marketing to doctors — and to the public — that these drugs were safe and effective,' says city solicitor.

Settlement funds will go to 12,000 Aetna subscribers. The fact they were taking HIV medication was revealed through an envelope window in correspondence from the insurer.

The city promised in December it would open 30 more beds in the neighborhood by January, but city officials now estimate the space won’t open until late spring.

Arline Geronimus coined the term 'weathering' to describe how health problems of marginalized people can be caused by stresses of their daily life.

In the wake of the emergency declaration, harm reduction leaders are calling on Gov. Wolf to make needle exchanges legal in Pennsylvania.