Health & Science

There was a time when coal was king in the home-heating business. In 1940, more than half of U.S. homes burned coal, according to the Census Bureau.

Organs that once would have been rejected were successfully used in uninfected patients by Penn surgeons in a clinical trial.

Senator Robert Singer has proposed establishing a registry in the N.J. Department of Health that would track any adverse reactions experienced by children under the age of 19.

Scientists say images of craters taken by European and American space probes show there likely once was a planet-wide system of underground lakes on Mars.

Anxiety about side effects can keep people from starting or sticking to drug regimens or medical procedures.

The Allegheny County Health Department gave the company five days to respond with a plan to reduce emissions at Clairton Coke Works and its Edgar Thompson and Irvin plants.

A survey finds that many people have skipped or rationed their prescription medications or have substituted cheaper over-the-counter drugs.

Over the past decade, William Happer has waged a fierce campaign aimed at debunking fears of global warming caused by emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.

Some quibble with the "a period should end a sentence – not a girl's education" trope:

Delaware health officials will hand out doses of the opioid overdose-reversing medication naloxone at the annual atTAcK Addiction 5K fundraiser in New Castle.

Being in nature is restorative; the wild can feed your soul. But, for hundreds of years, we pushed west across the country, tra ...

At least eight states, including some that have experienced measles outbreaks this year, want to remove personal exemptions for the measles vaccine.

The bequest was Carol Orzel’s dying wish, so that others could learn more about her rare disease, fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva.

Since China has stopped accepting America's plastic recyclables, one solution to dealing with the excess material has been to burn it in already-existing trash incinerators.

Rising temperatures and longer mosquito season create a ‘perfect storm’ for virus transmission.