Health & Science

As the number of people experiencing homelessness rises in Philadelphia, health providers say street medicine can better deliver care to more people.

Municipalities must locate and replace lead pipes over the next decade. Here’s what you need to know.

Fear is about survival, but it can also feel fun. We explore our complicated relationship with fear.

An increasingly congested Center City could affect the most vulnerable across the city, they said.

The FDA is proposing warning labels on packaged food to highlight nutritional content. Would a warning label make you think twice about eating ultra-processed food?

As of September 10, all mammogram centers and providers are required to inform patients if they have dense breast tissue, which can make screening more difficult.

Archaeologists in Denmark have unearthed a Viking Age burial ground containing some 50 “exceptionally well-preserved” skeletons.

Delaware will soon allow people to buy raw milk, but health officials say the practice has serious risks.

Jackie Robinson, a building trades instructor, spent time in prison but now works at a nonprofit that teaches students how to make homes more climate-friendly.

Sometimes, we’re just mad. So mad, that anger becomes like a wrecking ball that can ruin relationships and careers. We’ll find out how to express anger in healthy ways.

Medicare’s annual open enrollment period runs from Oct. 15 through Dec. 7.

The federal money will support the state’s move toward more electric vehicles by adding overnight, fast and ultra-fast truck chargers on I-95.

Amari and Javar Ruffin, whose family lives in Philadelphia, were born via cesarean section on Sept. 29, 2023.

More than 70% of homes in Pennsylvania are estimated to have been built before the 1978 lead paint ban, leaving many kids vulnerable to lead poisoning.

Voxelotor, which was sold under the brand name Oxbryta, was suddenly pulled from the market over safety concerns from clinical trials outside the U.S.