Health & Science

Cranberry farmers in the Pine Barrens must strike a balance between productive farming and protecting a beloved ecosystem.

Pennsylvania is one of three states where high school football enrollment is not in decline.

Gratitude journaling, it turns out, transformed the neuroscientist’s grief — and likely his brain

A scientist at Johns Hopkins University told a public health conference that Pennsylvania should ban fracking because of its impact on public health and climate change.

Everyone knows about Apollo 11, the first moon landing. And about ill-fated Apollo 13. Between them is the forgotten mission — Apollo 12.

Novel drugs may offer fresh ways to reduce heart risks beyond the usual medicines to lower cholesterol and blood pressure.

When it comes to global health, the world has made remarkable strides over the past two decades.

The work is dirty, dangerous ...and thankless. Sanitation workers in lower-income countries often endure grueling conditions to perform their duties.

People with severe but stable heart disease from clogged arteries may have less chest pain but it won’t cut their risk of having a heart attack after the procedure is done.

When Obama signed the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act in 2009, it gave government regulators an important new weapon in its battle against Big Tobacco.

What works in policing high-crime areas, and what doesn't?

Philadelphia and other cities saw domestic violence reported more often, and repeat incidents reduced when more female officers were added to the force.

Police forces in democratic societies are supposed to safeguard the rights of citizens, and protect their lives and well-being. We think ...

Intimidation and police force enraged protesters in Hong Kong. Is there a different way to manage masses of people?

The approval was seen as a blow to the vaping industry in New Jersey, which argued against the prohibition and claimed it could have unintended consequences.