Health

A celebration of muscles — from their beauty and biology, to the history of how weightlifting went mainstream.

Prospect Medical Holdings closed Taylor Hospital in April. The former Crozer Health hospital now has a new owner.

New results from a clinical trial show that existing drugs can successfully kill dormant breast cancer cells, thereby reducing lifetime risk of recurrence.

Older adult volunteers at Lutheran Settlement House make up more than half of all volunteer hours across the organization.

Pennsylvania pharmacies can now refer to major medical organizations for COVID-19 vaccine recommendations in the absence of CDC guidance.

Legionnaires’ disease was named after a large outbreak in Philadelphia sickened hundreds of American Legion veterans in the summer of 1976.

Utilizando datos de 3,492 pacientes, un estudio de ChristianaCare encontró focos críticos de cáncer de mama en Wilmington y Middletown.

Beaches from Crystal River, Florida, to Ogunquit, Maine, were under water quality advisories this week because of elevated levels of bacteria associated with fecal waste.

The FDA approved updated COVID-19 vaccines for people 65 and older and younger adults and children with underlying medical conditions.

Delaware professionals who care for adults with disabilities earn around $15 an hour, making it difficult for many to make ends meet.

Overdose deaths nationally last year dropped for the first time, but advocates say too many people still die of drug use.

Mobile HeaL brings health care directly to farm workers and trains physicians in Fresno County.

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.s' overhaul of vaccine recommendations and research and what it means for public health and pandemic preparedness.

Experts across the region are working to educate older adults on how they can prevent falling as they age.

Kids, often barely out of elementary school, are internalizing the idea that their futures depend on getting into an Ivy League school.