Health & Science

GLP-1s like Ozempic and Mounjaro are wildly popular for treating diabetes, obesity and now cosmetic weight-loss. How are they changing health care and our culture?

A French biotechnology giant just opened a molecular and genomic innovation center at Philly’s Navy Yard after acquiring a homegrown startup.

Delaware is the lowest-lying state in the U.S., leaving it vulnerable to the effects of climate change, lawmakers and advocates say.

Gen Z seems to be leading a more modest lifestyle, with lower rates of drinking, vaping, and sexual activity. But is this shift a positive development?

Former congressman Patrick Kennedy and journalist Stephen Fried have teamed up to write a new book together, Profiles in Mental Health Courage.

The nonprofit home health care provider was founded in 1886. Its services include hospice, palliative and home health care.

Synthetic dyes are often petroleum-based and pollute waterways. At a former dairy farm in Lancaster County, Pa., flowers, plants and kitchen waste color clothes naturally.

The box tree moth, which originally hails from Asia, has only one victim: boxwoods, a non-native shrub commonly used for hedging and topiary.

A national nonprofit found Black and Hispanic households spend more of their income on energy than households overall.

Pennsylvania DHS Secretary Dr. Valerie A. Arkoosh got a behind-the-scenes look at Chester County’s contact center and mobile crisis resolution system.

An estimated 2.9 million people worldwide live with multiple sclerosis, a chronic and lifelong disease. It disproportionately affects women.

Nearly 1 in 5 people say they’ve experienced a health insurance denial within the past year, according to a national survey.

The cooperative of farmers and textile producers wants to jump-start flax production to provide more linen clothing as an alternative to fossil fuel-based synthetic fibers.

To date, there have been 15 human cases of West Nile Virus in New Jersey for 2024.

The Jefferson Health enterprise — which includes 18 hospitals, a university and a health insurance company — transformed its financial situation in the past year.