Health & Science

President Donald Trump says the U.S. is “very, very ready” for whatever the new coronavirus threat brings.

Mayor Kenney, who supports the sites, said they could save up to 75 people from overdose death each year.

No one has tested positive for the new coronavirus in Pennsylvania, but the state’s health secretary said Wednesday preparations are underway to deal with the serious illness.

Preliminary results show elevated levels of the so-called “forever chemicals” PFOS and PFOA near the installation in Delaware.

In the Philippines priests sprinkled ashes on the heads of the faithful to avoid physical contact.

Trump and members of the administration have been sending mixed messages about the virus.

A pipeline builder has dropped a controversial project that would have routed fracked natural gas from Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale into New York.

Temple is taking precautions at its Rome and Tokyo campuses as the number of people diagnosed with the coronavirus grows in Italy and Japan.

The CDC is urging Americans to start to prepare for the possibility of more aggressive measures to stop the spread of the new coronavirus in the United States.

We know the effect of things like second-hand smoke and lead paint on the developing brain, but we need to pay more attention to toxic emotional stress, too.

Health advocates and Camden County leaders are giving out free fentanyl test strips in an effort to reduce overdoses.

Specially trained workers meet with victims at bedside and help them make changes that reduce chances they will be reinjured

Cases pending in Philadelphia courts allege children were tied up with duct tape by a driver paid for by the state to take them to preschool.

Lydia Denworth wants you to make more time for friends, says the author of the new book Friendship: The Evolution, Biology, and Extraordinary Power of Life's Fundamental Bond

American Academic Health System will put up $6.3 million for “tail coverage.” An insurance entity also owned by Joel Freedman will pay $12 million.