Health & Science

After months of searching for a doctor with the right waiver to prescribe Suboxone, the Philadelphia jail has solved the problem.

PFAS, a class of toxic chemicals, are found in lots of everyday products from pizza boxes to dental floss. Why don't scientists know if they're safe?

Researchers say computer learning looks for patterns, but comedy thrives on things hovering close to a pattern and veering off just a bit to be funny and edgy.

At a public meeting, multiple members of the committee said they do not agree that breathing air polluted with soot can lead to an early death.

Jupiter has seen quite a dramatic change since formation 4.5 billion years ago. Now the largest planet in the solar system, with a mass g ...

On Monday, the DEP said Chemours is currently using PFAS-replacement chemicals at the Chambers Works site, and is discharging the chemical into water and air.

The atlas would map every cell in a child’s body and advance understanding of how and why pediatric diseases occur.

In Fukushima, farmers and residents put their stock in solar.

Chow. Nibbles. Grub. Food — we relate to it in a lot of different ways. It can serve as nourishment, as pleasure, as fuel for our bodie ...

On Wednesday, Temple University set up a free clinic to provide students with booster shots.

Eating disorder supports are often expensive and not culturally inclusive. As a result, communities of color are building their own opportunities for healing.

A $15 million grant program aims to help people living with opioid use disorder pay rent, utilities and other housing costs.

On the 40th anniversary of the Three Mile Island nuclear accident, we look back at the disaster and discuss the effect it had on the nuclear power industry then and now.

These trips — where volunteers from the West visit poorer countries to perform surgeries — are a billion-dollar endeavor. Is it the best way to provide health care?

Cut way back on red meat, say scientists, who came up with a controversial diet recommended for our health, and the planet’s.