Health & Science

Some Philadelphia parents who are eager to vaccinate their infants and toddlers must be patient a little while longer.

Justice Alito's abortion opinion barely mentions medicine. This creates a perilous new legal reality for doctors, legal analysts say.

Rutgers researchers are on a mission to recruit “citizen scientists” as part of NJ Ticks 4 Science.

As July Fourth approaches, federal regulators are warning people to use fireworks safely, as a new report shows that fireworks-related injuries have been increasing.

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Temple Health, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, and others will provide the funds over the course of the next two years.

The 180-foot-long Texas Star is the latest addition to a massive artificial reef system, joining hundreds of New York City subway cars and a Navy destroyer.

When we’re stressed, upset, feeling down, or off, most of us have things we do to decompress. Things we ...

Nobody wants to infect their friends and friendly, but do you really have to keep isolating at day 12, 13 or beyond?

Philly officials are trying to spread the word that city health centers have the COVID-19 vaccine available for children under 5.

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said during a media briefing that decades of scientific data prove that access to safe and legal abortion saves lives.

They are finding that several animals like to make a meal out of the pests.

“It’s been hell,’’ said one gynecologist whose clinic has to had to turn most patients away in the wake of a new abortion ban.

A 300-pound piece of machinery with heart-shaped eyes draws curious looks from Christiana Hospital patients and visitors. Meet Moxi the “cobot.”

As of Tuesday, the U.S. had identified 306 cases in 27 states and the District of Columbia.

Advisers to the U.S. government are recommending that COVID-19 booster shots used this fall be modified to better match more recent variants of the coronavirus.