Health & Science

Studies that link genetic markers with disease focus largely on white European populations, and neglect other races and ethnicities.

Next Friday, March 29th an historic spacewalk will take place; Anne McClain and Christina Koch will step outside International Space Stat ...

Doctors and Philly health officials are pushing for the drug, whose brand name is Suboxone, to treat addiction, but are pharmacies ready?

The Global Water Alliance symposium focused on challenges to clean-water access and underscored that the problem isn’t confined to the developing world.

At its best, sex isn’t just fun — it’s good for our health. It can relieve stress, enhance our mood — even offer a bit of ...

The university will have two walk-in clinics next week to offer the measles, mumps, and rubella, or MMR, vaccine — at no charge — to members of the school community.

Organizations like Planned Parenthood have also derided the initiative as a way to chip away at abortion rights.

Buprenorphine and other medication-assisted treatments could be crucial to treating those suffering from opioid addiction in Philadelphia. So why can it be so hard to get?

In the face of a rising number of mumps cases, Temple University officials don't plan to shut the school. They are considering providing booster shots at no charge.

At least one Republican congressman from the coalfields has added his voice to the chorus of miners and advocates worried that the fund's promise might not be kept.

Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf says the opioid crisis remains a disaster emergency, though there are signs that drug overdose deaths may be declining.

In Louisiana, even an informed patient got lost in barriers and stigma while trying to get a prescription for PrEP.

"Nobody wants the spent fuel near them," said Don Hudson, who lives downstream from the defunct Maine Yankee plant.

For certain snappers, in fact, a market preference for plate-size whole fillets is driving fishermen to target smaller fish. For some wild fish populations, this can be dire.

The plan raises a question lawmakers and state agencies aren't yet able to answer: How many buildings does the state have sitting around vacant?