Health & Science

For decades, PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) have tainted the water, air, and soil — in the Delaware Valley region and across the country.

Delaware environmental officials have lifted an advisory against spending a long time in the water in portions of Rehoboth, Dewey, and Bethany beaches.

Science is all about discovery — tackling the big questions that define our world, and hopefully our future. But some of these question ...

Joining places like Chicago, Boston, and Texas, Philadelphia is vying for the chance to house the headquarters of a new federal health research agency.

Humans have long asked the question, “Are we alone?” These SETI scientists are on a quest to find out

We can design and make amazing things with plastic; it’s much harder to un-make them.

So far more than 6,000 people in the U.S. have been infected.

Even though abortion remains legal in Pennsylvania, the money is designed to support Philadelphians seeking access to an abortion.

The announcement free ups federal funding and resources to fight the virus, which may cause fever, body aches, chills, fatigue and pimple-like bumps.

As the Earth heats up, heavy rain is getting more common across the United States. That means more severe floods happen more often.

More than 80 technical specialists at Delaware County Memorial Hospital (DCMH) and Taylor Hospital have come to an agreement with Crozer’s parent company.

Monkeypox cases in the U.S. tripled in July. We'll discuss the public health response, if it's enough and talk about the surge in Covid infections.

Several months after discovering elevated levels of PFOS in a Willingboro well, officials are breaking ground on a new treatment system.

The products included in the recall range from milk alternatives to prepackaged coffees to protein shakes and other nutritional beverages.

All three Delaware counties are seeing high levels of community spread for COVID-19. Last week, the number of COVID-related hospitalizations jumped 22%.