Health & Science

In the wake of the emergency declaration, harm reduction leaders are calling on Gov. Wolf to make needle exchanges legal in Pennsylvania.

The settlement pertains to 10 coal-fired power plants around the state that have been operating on expired water pollution permits for years — in one case for 17 years.

The University Medical Center of Princeton will become the sixth hospital in the University of Pennsylvania Health System.

By 2030 about 60 percent of people will live in urban centers. We flock to cities for their energy and op ...

More than 3.4 million Pennsylvanians are supplied by drinking water containing radium that exceeds a strict California standard, which advocates say should replace a looser fe

New Jersey’s largest insurance provider, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield, has signed a $1.5 million contract with the New York tech startup, Quartet.

Stephen Lankenau, a professor of Community Health and Prevention at Drexel University, spoke with WHYY's Jennifer Lynn about Gov. Wolf's disaster emergency declaration for Pa.

Mice, rats, mosquitoes, lizards, and other animals are adapting to live in environments created by humans.

Inside the Gift of Life Donor Program’s headquarters in Philadelphia, a room serves as a sort of mission control for organ donation.

When it comes to anything other than earth disturbance or water crossings, the agency doesn’t have jurisdiction.

Sunoco/Energy Transfer Partners, which is building the $2.5 billion pipeline, paid for the report.

Eighty-six new star names have been approved by the International Astronomical Union, an association of professional astronomers. The nam ...

University of Pennsylvania students are working with the nonprofit ShelterBox to improve conditions for some of the millions uprooted from their homes.

The study looked at decades of streamwater data at U.S. Geological Survey monitoring sites.

Guests: Michael Mann, Jennifer Francis, Jennifer Dlouhy The frigid temperatures around the nation made President ...