Health & Science

If you’re training to become a physician, your first patient is usually dead. In fact, “first patient” is what med students call th ...

9/11 rescue worker wants the world to see the toll the work took on her body.

For more than a decade, a unique gross anatomy course at Indiana University required students to get to know the family of the donated cadaver they worked on.

Hepatitis C kills more than 400 people in Pennsylvania every year, despite it being a curable infectious disease.

A half-century-old bit of American bureaucracy is leaving hundreds of thousands of nursing home residents in an unthinkable bind: Living on as little as $30 a month.

Here's a look at what the latest ChatGPT model can and can't do.

The four-hospital system in Delaware County is in worsening financial shape and has been struggling to pay its bills and contractors.

Prospect’s inability to pay its bills has previously caused delays in vital supplies and the loss of a police officer, who was permanently stationed outside a medical center.

Judge Christine Fizzano Cannon found that the nonprofit Tower Health system was operating a Montco hospital with the motive of profit.

From the sands of the Jersey Shore to the islands of Indonesia, strands of coconut husk are being incorporated into shoreline protection projects.

Close to 40% of surveyed Americans, a record high, put off medical care last year because of finances.

Science is all about observing the world. But how do you study something you can’t see, smell, or hear — like the tiniest particles a ...

How scientists and engineers make parts for a nuclear fusion experiment at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory in New Jersey.

Researchers have mapped the more than 500,000 connections in the intricate brain of a fruit fly larva. This map could help scientists better understand the human brain.

The lingering jet-lagged feeling you get when daylight saving time begins and ends can disrupt your health as well as your mood. Try these 6 tips from sleep experts to make ne