Health & Science

After dealing with the aftermath of a supposed “heist,” the museum's recent financial troubles and internal strife are fueling further problems, including ongoing lawsuits.

A report published Monday by Children First shows COVID’s toll on young Philadelphians. Students and child advocates want more school-based services.

Among households that had a serious illness in the past year, one in five respondents said they had trouble accessing care during the pandemic.

Temple Health will manage the facility which will be named Temple Health-Chestnut Hill Hospital following the acquisition.

Wastewater testing has proved a reliable early alarm bell for COVID-19 outbreaks. U.S. researchers are now adapting the approach to track the explosive spread of monkeypox.

A new study finds climate hazards aggravate 58% of known infection diseases in people.

City officials say the sample size is too small to report demographics, but other places do it.

The risk of contracting monkeypox is still low in the U.S., but colleges are already seeing cases.

For decades, PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) have tainted the water, air, and soil — in the Delaware Valley region and across the country.

Delaware environmental officials have lifted an advisory against spending a long time in the water in portions of Rehoboth, Dewey, and Bethany beaches.

Science is all about discovery — tackling the big questions that define our world, and hopefully our future. But some of these question ...

Joining places like Chicago, Boston, and Texas, Philadelphia is vying for the chance to house the headquarters of a new federal health research agency.

Humans have long asked the question, “Are we alone?” These SETI scientists are on a quest to find out

We can design and make amazing things with plastic; it’s much harder to un-make them.

So far more than 6,000 people in the U.S. have been infected.