Health & Science

Ten years ago, the fracking industry was already booming in Pa., but people in Ohio were just starting to hear about it.

The U.S. Geological Survey reported the magnitude was 7.1. It's the biggest earthquake in Southern California in 20 years and follows a 6.4 magnitude earthquake Thursday.

We start the hour talking with U.S. Representative Madeleine Dean about her visit to migrant detentions centers and then, we discuss the role compassion plays in medicine.

The most effective way to fight global warming is to plant lots of trees, a study says. A trillion of them, maybe more.

According to an April article published by Penn State researcher Jeffrey Graybill, the plant has been aggressively spreading across the state.

Fifty years ago, NASA had to design and build everything for the Apollo mission. Now, it will place an order with a private Pennsylvania company for a lunar lander.

How we talk about an issue has ramifications that go far beyond the words. Names, descriptions, and terms lay the foundation for how we t ...

Pennsylvania approved more than 300 permits to farm industrial hemp this growing season after Congress loosened restrictions on the crop last year.

In 2018, the building generated 75% more energy than it consumed–thanks to more than 500 solar panels on the roof, a ground-mounted solar array, and 20 geothermal wells.

Last year was one of the worst on record for West Nile in Pennsylvania. The number of cases jumped to 130, from 20 in 2017, and eight people died.

Rising sea levels threaten to inundate Jersey Shore communities. Stockton University sees an opportunity as towns build their defenses.

Shifting government funding between hospitals and sticking to visa requirements are some challenges facing medical residents as they seek new placements.

A new study of Delaware overdose deaths in 2018 found 52% of people who died had visited the emergency room within three months of their death.

The state of Delaware is working with reproductive-health nonprofit Upstream USA to increase access to all kinds of birth control, including longer-term methods.

After failing to legalize marijuana this year, New Jersey is now aggressively expanding its medical marijuana program.