Health & Science

The grant comes from a program trying to enlist more community-based primary care physicians in the fight against the opioid addiction.

Most hospital drug tests do not test for fentanyl — the cheaper, more powerful, synthetic opioid whose presence has increased in Philadelphia's illegal drug supply.

The United Kingdom is counting its butterflies — and will keep going for the next three weeks.

State scientists have recommended health limits for 12 species.

A Delaware professor is using a migratory bird species that nests in Delaware to predict the severity of the coming hurricane season.

The study adds to a growing body of research that demonstrates how where you live matters for your health.

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More than half of suspected overdose deaths are occurring in the southernmost part of the county, and health officials warn it might be due to fentanyl-laced heroin.

The position of the pledge is ultimately to encourage global governments to take legal action to ban any possibility of future destruction.

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When moms are imprisoned, it hurts families, neighborhoods and communities, legislator says.

A study published Tuesday in JAMA suggests that such frequent use of digital media by adolescents might increase their odds of developing symptoms of ADHD.

Serenity has a total of 20 beds for homeless men and women.

More than 400 years after Galileo Galilei discovered the first of Jupiter's moons, astronomers have found a dozen more.

The state website where people can order birth and death records was recently offline for nearly a full week because someone made unauthorized changes to the site.