Health

Half of the people infected in the outbreak reported having contact with turtle with shells smaller than four inches wide. Owning pet turtles of that size is prohibited by fed

People and families who rely on food stamps experienced a 21% increase in food insufficiency when pandemic-era benefits ended.

This summer, with wildfire smoke suffocating swaths of North America, we've been warned to stay indoors to avoid poor quality air.

Studies revealed that dozens of children and young adults were diagnosed with Ewing sarcoma and other forms of cancer in a four-county area outside Pittsburgh.

Philadelphia public health officials say they will monitor hospitalizations and wastewater data to identify possible increases in COVID-19 activity.

In the last week of June, some 6,000 people in the United States were hospitalized for COVID. In the last week of July, that number had climbed to 9,000.

For the first time on record, the firearm suicide rate for Black teens is higher than for white teens, according to preliminary data from the CDC.

Heart attack deaths spiked early in the pandemic, erasing years of progress in battling cardiovascular disease.

Postpartum depression affects as many as 1 in 7 women in the U.S., though there are just two treatments approved for it.

The finding could lead to a better understanding of a condition that affects millions.

Many new first-year Penn Medicine students had never administered or carried Narcan nasal spray before attending the school’s third consecutive naloxone “boot camp.”

Some people are getting cut from the program for missing paperwork. Pennsylvanians have up to 90 days to file appeals with the county and state.

Experts say stigma about addiction and lack of training among physicians and other medical workers often limits use of these drugs.

A movement to allow these drugs to be used for treatment — of depression, PTSD, even addiction — is sweeping the nation.

Dozens of Delaware athletic trainers prepped for the new season of high school sports with a new training seminar to freshen their skills.