Health

Starting Saturday, people having a mental health crisis will be able to call or text 9-8-8 to be connected with a mental health professional.

With COVID safety protocols rescinding around the country, many are returning to a sense of pre-pandemic normalcy. But disabled and immunocompromised people can't do so.

Birth control pills are available in the U.S. only with a prescription. A drugmaker seeks the FDA to approve a contraceptive that would be available without one at pharmacies.

The Centers for Disease Control still must recommend how to use the Novavax vaccine before shots begin. The U.S. has bought 3.2 million doses.

Even before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, whether a health plan paid for abortion varied widely. Now it's become even more complex, with conflicts on the horizon.

The warning comes as two new highly transmissible variants are spreading rapidly across the country.

Restaurant workers, members of the LGBTQ+ community, and veterans are among those targeted by a new anti-smoking campaign in Philadelphia.

Anthony Esposito has stepped into the role of chief executive officer of the four-hospital system in Delaware County.

Hospital capacity, paperwork, religion and personal opinion are just some of the reasons requests get denied.

The man is believed to have contracted the virus through intimate contact with another person. The virus can cause painful blisters and scarring.

The BA.5 variant is now the most dominant strain of COVID-19 in the country, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

These devices measure blood oxygen levels. But research shows they can deliver misleading results for people with darker skin.

Many advocates suggest women and all those who can get pregnant have emergency contraception on hand before they need it.

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Doctors are thinking about how to help women who have questions or concerns after taking abortion pills at home — without putting themselves or their patients in jeopardy.