Health

Americans' life expectancy dropped for the second year in a row and is now the lowest it's been since the 1920s. COVID-19 is driving the downward trend, according to CDC data.

The synthetic painkiller is 50 times stronger than heroin, and two milligrams can kill. Officials want users to know if it’s in their heroin, cocaine, and other drugs.

Families and communities in the Greater Philadelphia area will come together on Wednesday, August 31, to remember and honor loved ones lost to addiction.

A new program that allows naloxone to be mailed to those who want it is being credited with helping reduce the number of fatal overdoses in the state.

Monday's update ties the previous record for most cases reported in Philadelphia during a single week.

Prospect Medical Holdings, the parent company of the four-hospital system, wants to receive a management fee from Crozer Health after the nonprofit conversion.

The Health Department hasn’t said whether cases originated at any local bars or clubs. Now, staff are relying on signage and rubber gloves to stay safe.

Pa.’s highest court took the controversial step of reversing a rule aimed at tamping down a crisis of doctors leaving the state because of high medical malpractice insurance.

In a mental health crisis, a conversation with an empathetic listener can be life-saving. But when someone needs in-person help, there's a shortage of resources in many areas.

It was a summer day in 2012 when Bob Richey’s life was changed forever. He was a new college grad, having fun with friends at the beach ...

For the first time, prosthetics manufacturers in the U.S. also own clinics that can recommend their products to patients.

When Chris Donges was diagnosed with heart failure in 2018, he was given two options: Wait for a heart transplant or implant a medical device onto his heart.

Just days before the start of the new semester, University of Delaware officials confirm the first case of monkeypox on the Newark campus.

Some anesthesiologists and intensive care physicians mark August 27 as Bjørn Ibsen Day — honoring the lives he saved during a polio outbreak 70 years ago.

Students will be required to wear masks on campus for the first two weeks of the fall semester to stem an expected spike in COVID cases.