Health

The group added five Philly veterinarians to its peer counseling network Lifeboat, an online tool that allows vets to report mental health crises.

Several City Council members want to preemptively ban such sites in residential neighborhoods in certain parts of the city.

The agency has sued to keep secret how often individual doctors approve patients for medical marijuana.

We step outside the boundaries of Western medicine to explore those questions!

Chris Lundy has always wanted to figure out why his family took him to see a Vodou priest and how this treatment made him better.

If you get acupuncture in the U.S., chances are you will pay for it out of pocket. Some acupuncturists say having standards for the industry gives more people access.

About 900 unionized registered nurses at Einstein Medical Center in North Philadelphia are in contract negotiations with parent company, Jefferson Health.

The new approach does away with a requirement that men who have sex with men abstain from sex for three months prior to giving blood.

Families participating in the study will either receive a treatment system — or a placebo device — to help scientists assess the correlation between water quality and health.

With the end of the COVID public health emergency, what to know about vaccines, variants, testing and more. Also, eroding trust in Philly water and sustainable fashion.

Strep throat is fairly common among school-aged kids, but cases dropped during the pandemic. Now, infections are soaring.

With pollen counts high this spring, many are reaching for their allergy meds. But some over-the-counter allergy drugs require a U.S. photo ID to purchase.

University officials this year expect the highest numbers of reported same-day crisis appointments since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The World Health Organization says COVID-19 is no longer a global emergency but the coronavirus is here to stay.

The move comes after a series of closures within the Crozer Health and Tower Health systems.