Health & Science

After establishing a nonprofit to help cancer patients in treatment, a Philly family is opening a community center to help caretakers and grieving family members.

Alzheimer’s activists hope a new federal law and $100 million in funding will spur earlier diagnoses in communities of color and better care for millions of patients.

A lot of domestic food companies are subject to inspections carried out by a parallel food safety system — a private one that's similar, and sometimes even tougher.

Last season, an estimated 80,000 Americans died of flu and its complications — the disease's highest death toll in at least four decades.

The National Science Foundation awarded Delaware $19 million over the next five years to fund research into improving water quality and reducing the impact of rising seas.

The more scientists learn about black holes, the more the findings confirm the warning: Speed kills. The black hole ASASSN-14li lie ...

Last year was the second rainiest on record in Philadelphia, with a total 61.6 inches over the year.

Science calls addiction a "brain disease," but critics say that label fails to show that addiction is a learning problem with roots in both biology and behavior.

Early reports indicate the price lists are virtually incomprehensible to people shopping for competitive prices.

Go to med school, earn an M.D. and the “Dr.” honorific gets tacked on to your last name. Some women — and Ph.D.s — say they get the courtesy title, and respect, less often.

While researchers are working toward a "cure," some stutters consider that prospect “a little bit eugenic” and say it’s time to embrace neurodiversity.

Many parents bristle when people call their daughters beautiful. They worry that it sets girls up for only valuing their looks. For others, it’s not that big of a deal.

Guests: Katie Benner, David Rubin, Matt Bruenig The idea of  a single-payer healthcare system has been gaining p ...

It was another good year for New Jersey’s bald eagles, a study released by the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife found.

Scientists discover more evidence that suggest female artisans 1,000 years ago were not as rare as previously thought.