Health & Science

Military officials at a New Jersey base say a mosquito found at the installation tested positive for a dangerous disease. 

Sale of the North Philadelphia hospital is part of the Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding involving Philadelphia Academic Health, which also owns Hahnemann.

StateImpact Pennsylvania’s Susan Phillips sat down with Pomerance and asked him what he wants people to know right now.

Here are five commonly used myths and the real science that debunks them.

Upstream Alliance, an environmental group, organized last weekend’s event to show that the stretch between Philly and Camden is safe to float in — sometimes.

Coloring is a complex chemical reaction, a sophisticated organic synthesis, that takes place in each strand on the top of your head.

Long natural hair elicits wonder — but also much wondering about how to achieve it, and how to stop comparing ourselves with others who have.

The salt marsh mosquito was once nicknamed the “New Jersey state bird.” But changing conditions are shifting concern from that mosquito to others.

Children spend a lot of time on screens, which worries many parents. We discuss the effects of screens on kids' mental, physical, emotional, and social health.

A federal judge has temporarily stopped the sale of more than 550 slots for doctors in training, cutting off a potential infusion of funds to the troubled hospital.

StateImpact Pa. signed on to “Covering Climate Now,” an effort that describes itself as “aimed at strengthening the media’s focus on the climate crisis.”

The survey found that New Jersey bald eagles registered the highest recorded number of active nests and young fledged.

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection said heavy rain caused the hole, and that there was no contamination or environmental impact.

The conversation ranged from how to engage vulnerable populations, to the ways in which people of color are left out of climate conversations.

The International Astronomical Union (IAU) is putting out the call on its 100th anniversary to name an exoplanet and its star.