Health & Science

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.

A handful of physicians are using the show to teach medical students how to diagnose disease.

Pennsylvania's Department of Environmental Protection has pinpointed 20 locations with high PFAS levels in water sources. They include areas of Bucks and Montgomery counties.

The Department of Education was invited to be part of the roundtable event but declined.

It can be hard for some ER patients to fill prescriptions, so a new Temple program sends them home with medicine, to keep them from coming back.

Cancer patients are 2.65 times more likely to file for bankruptcy than those without cancer, and bankruptcy puts them at a higher risk for early death.

The only member of Pennsylvania’s delegation to support the resolution to date is Democratic Rep. Brendan Boyle from Northeast Philly.