Health

Nearly 1,000 flu cases were reported in Delaware for the week ending Feb. 3, the highest total in a single week since the state’s been keeping records.

About eight percent of Americans will contend with post-traumatic stress disorder at some point in their lives; for military veterans, the incidence is much higher.

A new feature of the next iPhone operating system lets patients store information about medication, allergies, and lab results on their phones.

A heated meeting on Friday night showed that turning the idea of Philadelphia opening the country's first safe-injection site into a reality will likely face pushback.

Four months after having her second baby, Jessica Porten started feeling really irritable. Little things would annoy her, like her glider chair.

The peak of the flu season could still be several weeks away, federal health officials cautioned Friday.

Funding officially runs out at the end of March unless Thursday's vote reverses that.

This past week, Pennsylvania counted almost 9,000 cases of the flu. That’s up from the week prior, when 8,000 people were tallied.

New research suggests that a simple, fentanyl-detecting tool can provide accurate information that may help drug users protect themselves from an overdose.

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Sponsor of measure says menthol cigarettes are heavily marketed in black communities, targeting African-American men.

The Philadelphia region is getting its first new psychiatric hospital in more than 50 years.

Noonan, who will begin her role next month, is a lawyer who has worked with the Camden Coalition as a consultant through PolicyLab, a research arm of CHOP.

There are lots of LGBTQ kids in the foster care system. To take care of those kids, Philadelphia is recruiting foster parents who are LGBTQ, too.

Victoria Elder loves her kid — and regrets becoming a mother. She and others are challenging the belief that parenthood is for everyone.