Health & Science

We explore how the field of mental health is changing, what trained therapists make of mental health advice from influencers, and more!

Protesters demanded City Council and the Parker administration turn away from its “forced treatment” approach to solve the opioid crisis in Kensington.

With the ease of online sports betting and corner store games, gambling is addicting more Americans. We look at how the industry is changing and the rise of problem gambling.

From March 3 through March 8, harm reduction group Project SAFE is offering free admission to its “Not Welcome Anywhere” art installation.

The project is part of an initiative from NASA and the National Science Foundation to collect data and give students a chance to learn about scientific ballooning.

The change may not affect how individual schools urge parents to react when their children fall sick.

Walgreens will begin dispensing the medication within a week at some locations in Pennsylvania.

The CDC changed its guidance, saying that people can return to regular activities if their symptoms are mild and improving and it's been a day since they've had a fever.

How did a brilliant teenage physicist working on the Manhattan Project get away with spying for the Soviets? And why did he do it?

When apes diverged from monkeys, our branch of the tree of life shed its tail. From Darwin’s time, scientists have wondered why — and how — this happened.

With 93% of Philadelphians being up-to-date on the MMR vaccine, the department said the outbreak did not spread far.

Residents with private wells in parts of Montgomery County have relied on bottled water or filtration systems since the 1990s.

In addition to the planned micro-hospital at the former Jennersville campus, ChristianaCare is now looking to build two “micro-hospitals” in Delaware County.

Eco-friendly funerals are popular. We'll talk about composting, green burial and the death industry. Plus, do you speak whale? Exploring new research on whale communication.

Jim Alturo, of Cinnaminson, N.J., is donating one penny to the American Lung Association for every cigarette butt he picks up.