Health & Science

If you stroll the cold and flu medicine aisle these days, you might notice shelves that are bare, or nearly so.

Only about 250 endangered Atlantic sturgeon are left in the Delaware River. Pollution has reduced oxygen levels to the point where the sturgeon struggle to breathe and breed.

The U.S. is enduring its worst poultry health disaster, with some 52.7 million birds dead. Unlike another recent outbreaks, this one has lasted through the summer.

Pain is powerful — and when it becomes chronic, it can be all-consuming. It takes over our minds, saps our energy, and becomes the focu ...

When health bills aren't legible — via large-print, Braille or other adaptive technology — blind patients can't know what they owe, and are too often sent to debt collections.

Influenza activity in Philadelphia has rapidly increased over the past few weeks. Health providers expect even more cases following the holidays.

A five-year, $18.36 million research grant from the National Institutes of Health will fund DSU’s research into health disparities.

In a large study, the experimental Alzheimer's drug lecanemab reduced the rate of cognitive decline by 27 percent in people in the early stages of the disease.

"Removing 'monkey' removes the stigma that monkeypox comes with," an expert tells NPR. But he questions why the World Health Organization will wait a year to make the change.

Patient advocates are trying to address the disparities people of color face while trying to get a migraine diagnosis or treatment.

Fallen leaves make great natural fertilizer and offer a place for insects to spend the winter.

Similar to the state’s COVID-19 tracker, the Equity Counts Data Center will track racial disparities in areas including health, education, and criminal justice.

Sea level rise and increased storm events caused by climate change are accelerating erosion along the East Coast, putting communities and infrastructure at risk.

Cambodian American Eden Teng was was born in a refugee camp on the border of Thailand and Cambodia just a few years after the Cambodian genocide.

The bottom of the ocean seems like an unlikely place to be teeming with life — it’s dark, freezing cold, and subject to enormous pres ...