Health & Science

Nearly 1 in 4 Americans has trouble affording prescription drugs, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation poll.

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We explore the history and future of reproductive technologies and the thorny questions that arise around women’s bodies, fertility, and having children.  

New research finds opioid overdose deaths could increase by as much as 85% in counties where auto plants close.

A U.S. astronaut set a record Saturday for the longest single spaceflight by a woman, breaking the old mark of 288 days with about two months left in her mission.

Running, biking, weightlifting, swimming — for lots of people, working out is an important part of life. It’s about our health — me ...

Arcadia University researchers tested snapper soup served at 20 restaurants in Philadelphia and found elevated lead and zinc.

Every day, 130 Americans die from opioid overdoses, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Insurance companies pay in lump sums instead of per patient, so rural hospitals can afford to keep patients from getting sick in the first place.

The state says the regulations will cut down on health-care costs, but many physicians are concerned they could harm patient care.

An annual plant census along New Jersey's beaches reveals a significant surge of a federally threatened and endangered plant species, state officials announced.

There's more to being a good doctor than providing medical care to your patients. Sometimes that lesson comes at the darkest time of year.

The Fraser fir is found in a lot of homes around Christmas. But its wild cousins have been in decline for almost a century because of a small invasive pest.

Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia accounted for one-third of the country's shale gas production in 2019.

For many Americans, hallucinogens still evoke the psychedelic '60s, bringing to mind the sex-and-drugs lifestyle of the hippie counterculture.