Health

Delawareans who attended the Chincoteague Chili Chowder Cook-Off are being asked to fill out a survey, following an outbreak of food poisoning linked to the event.

As the opioid crisis affects the whole nation, a Philadelphia expert offers strategies to address what's being cast as a problem of supply, addiction, and treatment.

Gov. Chris Christie devotes $200 million in initiatives, rest of his term to battling tide of opioid overdoses.

Hundreds of drivers in Dover got their flu shots through the state’s first drive-thru flu clinic of the year.

As the population ages, more and more people want to stay in their own home as opposed to transitioning to a nursing home facility. There ...

Work being done at University of Delaware's STAR campus will help children with mobility impairments by creating assistive technologies or clothing with sensors.

Pennsylvania will spend $5 million on the overdose-reversal medication naloxone to help first responders fight the toll of the opioid epidemic.

Delawareans who receive their health insurance through the Affordable Care Act will face premium hikes next year.

The New Jersey Board of Nursing is broken, and the next governor will have to fix it.

Pathways to Housing Pa. uses what's called a "housing-first" approach. Its program for those with severe opioid addiction is one of the first of its kind in the country.

U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone is introducing legislation to combat a condition he said is the leading cause of death at schools.

Research points to a weapon in the fight against depression that may sound counterintuitive: Sleep deprivation. In their weekly c ...

Mental health advocates again are criticizing a New Jersey Halloween attraction they say stigmatizes people with mental illness.

For many of the more than 120,000 Puerto Rican Philadelphians, it's been a difficult week as they've been unable to get in touch with their relatives after Hurricane Maria.

A Delaware girl who had recently come in close contact with pigs at the Anne Arundel County Fair has been diagnosed with swine flu.