Studies show that troops who repeatedly fire powerful, shoulder-launched weapons can experience short-term problems with memory and thinking.

An Italian team of scientists says it has strong evidence of a subsurface lake of liquid water on Mars.

The build-out of natural gas infrastructure in Pennsylvania’s state forest system has slowed dramatically in recent years, according to a new report.

Guest: Mona Hanna-Attisha Pediatrician MONA HANNA-ATTISHA was an ear ...

As it turns out, the chance of catching Lyme disease from an individual tick ranges from zero to roughly 50 percent.

If you leave the tap on and bathwater floods your home, bailing water isn't the first thing you do, she points out. You shut off the faucet.

In Philadelphia, non-Hispanic blacks account for nearly two-thirds of new HIV infections. Yet the majority of people on PrEP are white.

Delaware is one of two states selected to partner with the Pew Charitable Trusts to focus on improving Delaware’s behavioral health system.

According to a 2014 survey of about 100 survivors of sex trafficking, 88 percent said that while they were being trafficked they had contact with a health care provider.

New research shows more promise for using AIDS treatment drugs as a prevention tool, to help keep uninfected people from catching HIV during sex with a partner who has it

The numeric pain scale may just be too simplistic. It can lead doctors to "treat by numbers," and as a result, patients may not be getting the most effective treatment.

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Scientists have discovered 12 more of Jupiter’s moons, bringing the planet’s total count to 79. There are 175 known moons in ...

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.