Health & Science

Chester County hopes to deploy the mobile mental health crisis teams starting July 2023 as part of a new three-pillar approach to mental and behavioral health services.

A kind of transparent frog achieves near invisibility by hiding its red blood cells during the day, scientists found.

The soundscape of our lives changes depending on where we are — the murmuring of voices, birdsong in trees, the beeps and dings of tech ...

Parents may find it more difficult to find children’s pain relievers as rising demand for these medications leaves pharmacies in short supply.

The district's decision comes amid rising COVID, flu, and RSV cases.

St. Francis Hospital in Trenton is now operating as a standalone emergency room, under a new name, following a merger with Capital Health.

Federal agencies have awarded about $3.5 million in total to Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey to expand mental health and suicide crisis response.

Caring for sick children has become extra stressful recently for many U.S. parents due to shortages of Children’s Tylenol and other medicines.

What does this “breakthrough” actually mean and why some are calling it a ‘scam.’

Dark chocolate bars tested by Consumer Reports exceeded California's daily maximum allowable dose levels for lead or cadmium.

The Biden administration is moving to make it easier for Americans with opioid addiction to gain access to medical treatments proven to save lives.

Legionnaires' disease is a bacterial disease that can be contracted through breathing in small droplets of water that contain legionnaires bacteria.

Whether we’re in a forest, a park, or in the middle of a city, wildlife is always close by. Birds flying overhead, deer peeking through ...

Health disparities across different races and ethnicities in Delaware remain a persistent concern, particularly for chronic illnesses.

Chagas disease can lead to heart failure and damage to the esophagus and gastrointestinal tract. Roughly 20-30% of those who contract Chagas may be at risk of dying from it.