Health & Science

CHIP insures more than 180,000 kids across Pennsylvania, and it costs nearly a half-billion dollars to run. Federal money pays for almost 90 percent of that.

The New Castle County Police Department will use new grant money to hire a coordinator for its addiction treatment program

Allison Herens, Philadelphia’s first harm-reduction coordinator, says the creation of her role signifies a changing perspective on addressing a drug crisis.

For Katherine High, president and chief scientific officer at Spark Therapeutics, the drug’s approval signals renewed hope in the possibilities of gene therapy.

Her study has inspired others in India as well.

Earth is facing an extinction crisis — and humans shoulder the blame.

Behold, the cocktail avocado. No, that's not a weird cucumber. It's the latest in avocado innovation, on offer at British retail chain Marks & Spencer.

'It’s a near-death experience, and you really want to get these people the help they need,' says the Philadelphia Fire Department's head of emergency medical services.

The seven words that were to be stricken from official documents being drafted for the 2019 fiscal year budget, according to the Post, are:

Responding to landowners’ concerns Congressman Pat Meehan has asked Gov. Tom Wolf to conduct a risk assessment of Sunoco’s Mariner East 2 pipeline.

"We're trying to do the best that we can and see as many folks as we can in these last 48 hours,” said Patrick Keenan of the Pennsylvania Health Access Network.

Researchers say higher rates of past drug abuse by teens may have contributed to the increase of opioid addiction in adults — and the current overdose crisis.