Health & Science

After an OB-GYN heard of unexpected home births post-Hurricane Maria, she is teaching her patients calm and self-reliance, just in case.

It would be the first water supply impacted by drilling in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

New Jersey is removing a barrier to medication-assisted treatment that should give Medicaid patients greater access.

It's hard for humans to check algorithms that computers devise on their own. But these artificial intelligence systems are already moving from the lab toward doctors' offices.

Some expectant mothers of color are looking to midwives as alternatives to hospital deliveries. But those looking for familiar faces in Philly may be hard-pressed to find one.

The survey found 68 percent of respondents “definitely” or “probably” want the state to do more to address climate change.

"The optimist in me says in three years we can train this tool to read mammograms as well as an average radiologist," says Connie Lehman, chief of breast imaging.

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.