Health & Science

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

Noises can be painfully loud for people with hyperacusis, a rare hearing condition. When the March 2020 shutdown quieted the environment, less sound meant less suffering. 

It’s the worst nightmare for someone with arachnophobia. Giant spiders the size of your palm could soon call parts of the Delaware Valley home.

In a statement, the CDC said that it would work on a "revised policy framework for when, and under what circumstances, masks should be required in public transportation.

The new Ginsburg Institute will focus on the root causes of asthma, obesity, diabetes, and behavioral disorders that disproportionately affect Black and Latino kids.

The 20-time Grand Slam champion tweeted Wednesday that the Centers for Disease Control “confirmed the regulations won’t be changing so I won’t be able to play in the U.S.”

The prospective buyer of the shuttered Chester County hospitals has ended a new bid to purchase and reopen them.

Between October and December of last year, researchers swabbed the noses of 93 dead deer from across Pennsylvania. Nearly a fifth of the animals tested positive for COVID.

The program enables at-risk patients who test positive to get antiviral pills on the spot in some pharmacies. But many pharmacies won't be able to participate.

Clothing, carpeting, even microwave popcorn bags may have been manufactured using some members of this toxic class of chemicals.

Each household can order a total of eight tests. So if you ordered four in January, when the program launched, you're eligible to order a second batch of four more.

According to a recent poll, two-thirds of New Jersey residents agree with ending the school mask mandate.

Its free cancer screening and treatment is reducing inequities. Key to its success is outreach by patient navigators who connect with those least likely to seek care.

Federal law gives the states authority. New Jersey already has enforceable maximum contaminant levels for specific types of the toxic chemicals.

Lifted mandates leave a lot of risk calculations up to immunocompromised individuals, for some of whom vaccines aren’t much help.