Health & Science

A nonprofit that tracks pollution in the Chesapeake Bay said Pennsylvania has failed to protect the nation's largest estuary from farm manure and stormwater.

To better understand opioid-use disorder, Camden researchers are starting a biobank to study brain and blood samples of people who’ve died of overdoses.

Pennsylvania curtailed benefits in 2011, and adults now either pull diseased teeth or pay out of pocket because procedures like root canals aren’t covered.

Children spend a lot of time on screens, which worries many parents. We discuss the effects of screens on kids' mental, physical, emotional, and social health

A new exhibit at the Science History Institute in Philadelphia tells the stories of scientists with disabilities — and shows how they overcame prejudice and marginalization.

Rather than the standard 15-minute individual visits in an exam room, women who are due around the same time and their partners meet as a group for two hours with a clinician,

Infants' Tylenol comes with a dosing syringe, while Children's Tylenol has a plastic cup. Both contain the same concentration of the active ingredient, acetaminophen.

Medical cannabis proponents tout CBD as a remedy for a wide range of conditions, from inflammation to epileptic seizures. However, the science is unclear on its benefits.

The moon has two distinct faces; gravity readings of the moon’s surface by a lunar orbiting satellite suggest that not long after forma ...

SpaceX has launched 60 little satellites, the first of thousands that founder Elon Musk plans to put in orbit for global internet coverage.

A loophole in federal law might block at least one new opioid-addiction drug from coming to market for years.

A new report from the National Women’s Law Center, written with Latina middle and high school students in Philadelphia, found that over ...

For a lot of Americans, cats and dogs are more than just pets — they’re our fur babies. We’re willing to do whatever it takes to ke ...

Continuus Materials, a Texas-based company with a Northeast Philadelphia plant, will begin producing wallboard out of recycled flexible plastic and paper.

The FDA sent a letter to the food industry on Thursday, urging companies to standardize the use of the phrase "best if used by" on packaged food labels.