Health & Science

More than half of teachers say they’ve had some sort of voice disorder during their career. A West Chester professor is working to help them.

A Jefferson initiative aims to make patient care more accommodating. It offers noise-canceling headphones, chairs that rock, and ‘fidgets’ to occupy hands.

Dr. Ruth Westheimer revolutionized talk around sex in America. At 90, she's letting her own walls come down in a new documentary.

Taking time each day to note positive moments and personal strengths; mindful breathing and reaching out in kindness are all part of a program that reduces anxiety.

The seafood industry has some well-publicized problems. Now, a handful of startups aim to offer a "clean" alternative grown from cells.

The plan would eliminate the state's $4 billion behavioral health program, merging it with the state's $12 billion physical health Medicaid program.

Drugstores in cities like Camden were less likely to have it in stock than those in smaller, wealthier towns. Insurance coverage may be another barrier.

Scientists continue to speak out against the prospect of producing engineered embryos that could lead to "designer babies."

The InSight Lander Seismometer Detects a likely Mars Quake – recorded early last month a 40-second long low rumble was detected by ...

Researchers are discovering that plastic doesn’t just float on the sea's surface. Mass amounts rain all the way down to the seafloor, filling the guts of deep-sea organisms.

Historian and Harvard professor Anne Harrington believes that pharmaceutical companies have played an oversized role in determining how mental illness is treated in the U.S.

Seaweed farming is still a promising idea that benefits the environment, but doing it at scale requires more work.

Some Pennsylvania counties are facing challenges to getting drop-in centers up and running and keeping them funded.

A Danish offshore wind company is eyeing the N.J. coal plant as a site to connect offshore wind turbines to the electric grid.

Most of the powerful synthetic opioid comes here from China. Officials hope strict new rules will curtail the flow that’s driving overdose deaths.