Health & Science

Environmental toxicologist Trevor Penning says there’s no need to change your barbecue garb just yet.

An international team of scientists has discovered a young planet — just 5 or 6 million years old — forging its own path through space and likely growing along the way.

The above-normal temperatures are resulting in cases of dehydration that can develop into heat exhaustion and heat stroke.

The pest has spread to 13 southeastern counties. The rush is on to kill it.

Dangerous heat levels continue in Philadelphia and the surrounding areas. People are dealing with it in many ways this week as they work or play.

It’s courtesy of the sea breeze effect.

Guests: Michael Slepian, Maurice Schweitzer How many secrets are you keeping? Most of us hold about 13 in our minds. Researchers h ...

Independence Day is sandwiched between the start of the dog days of summer and Aphelion. The dog days of summer are traditionally ...

Since brand-name Truvada was approved for HIV prevention six years ago, its average wholesale price has increased by about 45 percent.

In 2017, China passed the National Sword policy banning plastic waste from being imported — for the protection of the environment — starting in January 2018.

Sharing personal narratives can help the storytellers see some of the good in their lives amid the trauma.

New Jersey’s beaches are in better shape than they were before Superstorm Sandy thanks to sound public policy, government coordinat ...

These humble beaches turn into a mixing bowl for influenza between mid-May and early June.

After Pfizer cut back on production, Philly's Penn Presbyterian Medical Center is getting 30 percent less injectable morphine, fentanyl, and Dilaudid than it did a year ago.

Farmers in southern Pa. will face higher temps and changes to the growing season that will place stresses on corn production and the dairy industry.