Health & Science

A former Hahnemann residency program director is warning that residents may be left without malpractice insurance to cover their time at the hospital.

N.J.'s piping plovers population increased by 19% in 2019, but researchers are cautiously optimistic about the threatened and endangered shorebird's long term prospects.

Secretary Robert Wilkie, on a recent visit to Philly, said it’s important to recognize signs of mental illness while service members are on active duty.

The Germantown Avenue shop had cameos in “Creed” and “This Is Us.” It’s expected to reopen soon.

The newest faculty member at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences has a great smile ― and likes to be scratched behind the ears.

There's new evidence that girls start out with the same math abilities as boys.

We look at things that are hard to measure and the different approaches that we take to get those measurements correct.

A.I. DuPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington has received $4.7 million in new funding to expand its childhood cancer research.

The first attempt in the United States to use a gene editing tool called CRISPR against cancer seems safe in the three patients who have had it so far.

Experiencing traumatic things as a child puts you at risk for lifelong health effects, according to a body of research.

Improvements in audio recorders, artificial intelligence, and data storage make sound a more powerful tool for ecology than ever before.

The deadly yellow fever epidemic of 1793 rocked Philadelphia, then the capitol of a young United States. Here's how it gave rise to public health as we know it.

United failed to accurately calculate peoples’ total out-of-pocket costs, delayed payment and delayed responses to complaints, said Insurance Commissioner Jessica Altman.

Blue crabs are a key species in aquatic life in the Delaware Bay. University of Delaware researchers will study how they’re affected by microplastics.

In the 1950’s, the CIA began a secret mind control program called MK-ULTRA and they hired chemist Sidney Gottlieb who was given free rein to experiment on unwitting subjects.