Health & Science

Parent company Tower Health will lay off 131 people at Pottstown Hospital by January and close the facility’s ICU, cancer center and endoscopy suite.

Delaware and Maryland state lawmakers say ratepayers should not pick up the tab for energy-hungry data centers.

Pennsylvania lawmakers have been at an impasse on clean energy legislation for years.

Researcher Michelle Carr explores “dream engineering” in her new book “Nightmare Obscura: A Dream Engineer's Guide Through the Sleeping Mind."

The Cooper and the Delaware rivers often contain fecal bacteria levels that make it unsafe to swim, fish or even kayak in.

About 3 in 4 Pennsylvanians will still qualify for some tax credits, but the amounts will, on average, be smaller. Others face paying for plans at full price.

The mission of the campaign is to spread educational messaging and conversation points about heart health and what additional factors lead to risk conditions.

An exploration of how AI is changing the way we feel — about ourselves and everything else.

The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative would have put a price on carbon. Opposed by Republicans, it was sacrificed by Democrats to get the budget deal done.

New York Times investigative reporter Sarah Kliff explains how electronic fetal monitoring is driving up C-section rates.

The legislation would require employers to provide reasonable accommodations for disruptive symptoms of menstruation and menopause.

The warning is precautionary; the health department said it believes there is no threat to the public.

Williams’ Northeast Supply Enhancement pipeline project would mean 10 miles of pipeline in Lancaster County and an expanded compressor station in Chester County.

Rowan University has teamed up with the state to figure out the balance between the amount of carbon emitted by New Jersey wetlands, and the amount that gets absorbed.

Health officials are investigating 13 cases in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and eight other states. ByHeart Inc. agreed to recall two lots of its Whole Nutrition Infant Formula.