Health & Science

When schools closed, children with severe mental illnesses were cut off from the services they'd come to rely on. Many have since spiraled into ERs and even police custody.

With new recommendations, states are scrambling to update their phases. The Health Desk Help Desk answers more questions on when you can get the vaccine.

How many people have been inoculated so far — and how close is herd immunity?

It's a trying time to be a human. Mental health experts say it's OK to give yourself a break on new year's resolutions and offer advice for a kinder approach to setting goals.

The airlines are running point on the new CDC requirement, which will be enforced at PHL Airport.

Biden spoke a day after unveiling a $1.9 trillion “American Rescue Plan” to confront the virus and provide temporary support for a shaky economy.

Hopeful the incoming Biden administration will help it address climate change, the city now has a goal of achieving carbon-neutral emissions by 2050.

The change comes as national overdose tolls rise to historic highs. Buprenorphine, or “bupe” can reduce cravings and withdrawal symptoms without a high.

The highly transmissible B.1.1.7 variant of the SARS-Cov-2 virus was found in a woman in her 50s. She is now recovering.

The Garden State expects to ultimately open six vaccination mega-sites, along with pharmacies and other smaller locations currently administering doses.

More than 200 solar projects planned for Pennsylvania were added to the regional electric grid’s New Services Queue in 2020.

The federal government has yet to approve plans in most states for giving out money that was authorized in October.

Plastic gets a bad rap — over the years, it’s become synonymous with environmental destruction, cheap fakery, needless consumption, a ...

Sensory treats were possible, things like bright kitchenware and fun toys. We got hooked.

Worldwide, researchers are hunting for a kind of `secret sauce’ — a souped-up enzyme capable of breaking down some of the most resilient plastics.