Health & Science

Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni says Francis, 86, does not have COVID-19, but requires several days of therapy.

An Australian company has lifted the glass cloche on a meatball made of lab-grown cultured meat using the genetic sequence from the long-extinct mammoth.

The West Grove Campus, formerly known as Jennersville Hospital, will return with 10 emergency department beds and 10 inpatient beds.

Over the next couple of nights, five planets are expected to align in the sky. And you won't even need a telescope to see them (although binoculars will help).

Home pitchers aren’t designed to remove these materials — but that doesn’t mean they don’t.

Tap water in Philly is now safe to drink through Wednesday. Cherri and Avi also look at the top stories in the rest of the region.

DIEP is one type of breast reconstruction surgery, but a change in medical billing codes may introduce new financial barriers.

The blooming trees are a sign it's time to evaluate how well your trees survived the winter, says one local arborist.

The DEA warns that xylazine-fentanyl mixtures are exacerbating the deadly consequences of the opioid crisis.

We explore the nature of chronic pain — what causes it, how it affects us, and the ongoing fight to stop it.

Wharton professor Ethan Mollick is part of a growing chorus of people worried that this proliferation of what's known as "generative AI" will supercharge propaganda.

Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital notified the county as well as Clifton Heights, Folcroft, and Lansdowne of potential cuts to their emergency medical services.

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration issued an alert Monday warning of a "sharp increase in the trafficking of fentanyl mixed with xylazine."

Cases of the fungus that did not respond to antifungal medicine tripled in 2021. It can be deadly, but does not seem to have adverse effects on healthy people.

The Philly Joy Bank is modeled after similar programs in Canada and San Francisco that offer guaranteed cash income to pregnant residents.