Health & Science

New research from Penn State finds as incomes dropped and unemployment rose, communities suffered higher rates of opioid-related deaths.

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The largest refiner on the east coast says its operations will not be disrupted by its Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings aimed at restructuring its debt.

Ornithologist Drew Lanham says wilderness offers beauty and freedom — but also holds our painful past.

Continue your lunation observations: The first quarter moon is on Wednesday Jan. 24. Here’s what to look for: a. The line th ...

When it comes to lowering the mortality rate, the U.S. is behind other developed countries like Canada, Norway, the U.K., and Australia.

Treatment plants that handle conventional oil and gas waste water are causing a buildup of radioactive materials at the bottom of three Western Pennsylvania waterways.

The Philadelphia region boasts more than 20 universities and colleges, as well as five medical schools and schools of nursing and health care administration.

Behavioral Health practitioners nationwide have used the registry’s list of hundreds of evidence-based practices as the industry standard for what works.

Elana Gordon, a reporter for WHYY’s The Pulse, joined NewsWorks Tonight to weigh in on the local response to federal action.