Health & Science

A new report reveals that Latina girls in Philadelphia are more likely to attempt suicide than white or African-American girls.

Locus is one of several companies that are trying to use CRISPR to fight health problems by targeting only bad bacteria in the body and leaving the good ones alone.

Companies specializing in the handling of radioactive material are buying retired U.S. nuclear reactors from utilities and promising to clean them up in less time than usual.

African-Americans are three times more likely to die from asthma as whites.

Researchers hope treatment can help endangered bats hang on in the face of white-nose syndrome

Standing ready to fight measles like an enemy is the best defense, health care experts say. Here’s how one hospital and school district have prepared.

The Pennsylvania Department of Health has declared an outbreak of hepatitis A, with Philadelphia and Pittsburgh the hardest-hit regions. 

Now New Jersey wants to recoup millions that it loaned to agencies pending a fix even though billing troubles — and payment troubles — persist.

Workers often fear reporting their mistreatment to authorities. They routinely are harassed and fired if they report abysmal pay or overtime violations.

American men face higher rates of suicide than women and higher rates of incarceration. In the age of #MeToo, some men are turning to each other to build healthy esteem.

To many people, she is remembered as the girl with half a brain. But Christina Santhouse knows there are two little girls who will only know her as something else: Mom.

Not only are older people heavily targeted by scammers, but surprising data suggest that, as we get older, we become more vulnerable to fraud in so many of its forms.

Researchers examined more than 85,000 youth suicides that occurred between 1975 and 2016.

During the study, some women in both groups were diagnosed with breast cancer, but those who'd changed their diets had a 21 percent lower risk of dying from the disease.

Most of the generic medicines being sold in the U.S. are manufactured overseas, mostly in India and China.