Health

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.

The Philadelphia Dept. of Public Health is running TV and social media ads warning people to avoid prescription painkillers, even when they get them legally from their doctor.

Pa.'s Medicaid program will no longer require doctors to get approval when prescribing medications that are proven to help people stay off heroin and prescription painkillers.

Early numbers from the Department of Health show a slight uptick in gun homicides last year after they’d been steadily declining since 2006.

While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the flu season may have peaked, it’s still making a lot of people sick in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

Philly City Council passed a resolution to recognize a Disability Day of Mourning, a step toward valuing the lives of people with disabilities who are murdered by caregivers.

Surgery poses serious risks for older people, who weather anesthesia poorly and whose skin takes longer to heal.

The FDA is expected to issue new guidelines next month to encourage drugmakers to develop new medications for treating opioid addiction.