Health

'Carrying naloxone can be just as important as learning CPR,' says Philadelphia's assistant deputy commissioner of the fire department.

Council members’ questions for city officials took up so much of the three-hour hearing that other speakers, including treatment providers, did not have a chance to speak.

Walmart pharmacies are now distributing a powder that renders opioid medication unusable.

Doctors often have to talk to their patients about different health risks – obesity, smoking, too much alcohol – but WHAT sho ...

City Council will hold a second public hearing in April in Kensington, where residents will able to tell officials how the opioid crisis is affecting their community.

Over a decade, more than 3,600 children were admitted hospitals for opioid ingestion — about 800 between 2004 and 2007 and more than 1,500 between 2012 and 2015.

Bruises. Burns. Lesions. Lacerations. Wounds can be dangerous, painful, even gruesome. But they also represent our ability to survive and ...

Sheila Dhand is a wound care nurse with Prevention Point Philadelphia’s mobile unit. She cares for skin and soft tissue infections often resulting from injecting drugs.

Over two decades, there's been a sharp increase among adolescents with the disease. Historically, the condition affected mostly middle-aged white men.

Injecting drugs can cause serious, life-threatening wounds. As the drug crisis escalates, some clinics are teaching simple techniques to reduce the risk of infection.

Emergency departments have been the first line of defense when it comes to opioid overdoses for a long time.

The company recently installed technology it promised would reduce chloroprene emissions by 85 percent. So far, public air monitors suggest levels are still trending upward.

A new ad campaign from the Jed Foundation, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and the Ad Council encourages teens to talk to friends about depression.

We often think of teenagers as obsessed with their phones, selfies, or being popular. Researchers are learning more about what help ...

City Controller Rebecca Rhynhart starts a performance audit with Department of Behavioral Health because it funds services she thinks Philadelphians need most.