Health

The shot will help shield newborns from RSV in the early months of life, when they're especially vulnerable to severe illness.

The funding will go toward harm reduction-related projects, including strategies that address racial disparities in overdose deaths.

As they prepare to dole out newly updated booster shots, local health workers are trying to incorporate lessons learned from three years’ worth of vaccine campaigns.

Biden administration announces $600M to produce COVID tests and will reopen website to order them

Narcan is a well-known brand of naloxone, a medication that can reverse drug overdoses if someone has taken opioid pills, heroin, or fentanyl.

The mixture of stimulants like cocaine and meth with highly potent synthetic opioids is a fast-growing driver of fatal overdoses in the U.S.

The Phillies say the next 24 hours will be crucial for his recovery.

The docuseries explores why racial diversity is key to clinical trials, while addressing a history of mistrust among Black Americans.

Experts say they offer good protection against current COVID variants. Who should get them, and when's the best time to roll up your sleeve?

The new West Philadelphia location marks the city’s fifth crisis response center for people experiencing mental health emergencies.

The agency’s director is expected to sign off on the panel’s recommendation and the vaccines could be available this week.

The vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer and its partner BioNTech were approved Monday for people 12 and older.

There's still no validated treatment or diagnostic test specifically for the condition, although there are many candidates.

We’ll explore happiness — and how we can find more of it.

Though still lower than past years, cases and hospitalizations have been creeping up. Happily, tests are still readily accessible.