Health & Science

To announce their intention to organize as a local of PASNAP, nurses gathered in front of the hospital. They say their employer is union busting.

A new battery storage system could make the Philadelphia Navy Yard more attractive to businesses by stabilizing power costs.

A panel of CDC advisers recommended a third dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine for people with weakened immune systems. It follows the FDA authorization a day earlier.

Philadelphia will require all health care workers and faculty or students of colleges and universities to be vaccinated against COVID-19 by Oct. 15.

The delta variant transmits more than twice as easily as the original strain of COVID. NPR shares what you need to know to seriously boost the protection your mask offers.

The decision does not apply to otherwise healthy individuals. Health authorities are closely monitoring if and when the general population will need a booster shot.

We’ve all heard the saying: “Don’t judge a book by its cover.” The problem is that’s not how the world works. Just about everyt ...

In movies, bald women are portrayed as strong; in real life, they’re seen as odd. One woman gradually decided to just go with it.

For those who have bariatric surgery, changes in appearance happen quickly, creating new social situations to navigate.

LGBT adults living in the U.S. are nearly twice as likely to be experiencing food insecurity during the pandemic than non-LGBT adults, according to new survey data.

Time Magazine's Jamie Ducharme on the rise and fall of Juul and how the e-cigarette company went from helping people quit smoking to hooking teens on vaping.

The county applied about $4.8M in American Rescue Plan Act money to salaries and remaining 2021 costs and shifted $3.9M to design and IT purposes.

A potentially dangerous asteroid called Bennu has a 1 in 1,750 chance of hitting Earth between now and the year 2300.

They are known as “forever chemicals” because they do not break down in the environment.

Announced with less than 24 hours’ notice, even backers see the new rules as another example of the city reacting to the virus, not getting ahead of it.