Health

Delaware will soon allow people to buy raw milk, but health officials say the practice has serious risks.

America is experiencing its worst whooping cough outbreak in a decade. Experts say there's a cyclical nature to outbreaks like this, but the COVID-19 pandemic altered timing.

Sometimes, we’re just mad. So mad, that anger becomes like a wrecking ball that can ruin relationships and careers. We’ll find out how to express anger in healthy ways.

Medicare’s annual open enrollment period runs from Oct. 15 through Dec. 7.

Amari and Javar Ruffin, whose family lives in Philadelphia, were born via cesarean section on Sept. 29, 2023.

Voxelotor, which was sold under the brand name Oxbryta, was suddenly pulled from the market over safety concerns from clinical trials outside the U.S.

Hurricane Helene shut down a factory in North Carolina that makes more than half of the U.S. supply of intravenous fluids. Hospitals use them everyday.

The vaccine program is open to all county residents and offers shots for COVID, flu, RSV and other diseases.

Medical sociologist Liz Chiarello discusses the effects of prescription drug monitoring programs on both patients and physicians.

A look at some of the innovative efforts to transform the relationship between law enforcement and the health care system.

Financial aid funds that help women pay for abortions — or travel to other states to access care — are struggling financially, despite abortion's role in the 2024 elections.

Drug overdose deaths among Philadelphians have risen every year since 2018, but preliminary numbers for 2023 show a drop.

Researchers looked at 230 cases of children 6 and younger who accidentally ingested opioids from common and uncommon sources.

Street fentanyl has long been viewed as unstoppable. Now many experts say the supply of the deadly synthetic opioid is suddenly drying up in many parts of the U.S.

Surviving cardiac arrest is rare. Only about 10% of patients pull through. One major factor is getting CPR immediately. New AEDs could help speed things up.