Health & Science

The legislation calls for providing Medicaid coverage for medications and counseling for tobacco cessation, not just the meds.

The World Health Organization also estimates that between 72,000 and 169,000 children may die each year because of substandard or fake antibiotics.

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The illicit emissions are believed to be coming from somewhere in eastern Asia, but otherwise, nothing is known about the offender. It's a scientific whodunit.

Keystone First plans to partner with Lyft to help low-income, pregnant patients get to appointments.

As American farmers grow older, many more people may experience mobility issues — and need the adaptive technology disabled farmer Dennis Hunsberger uses.

Marijuana’s sober cousin, hemp, may soon become legal again. Scientists and industrialists are figuring out what to do with the super-weed.

Philadelphia student organizers want City Council to set limits on tests and require teacher training on trauma-informed care.

"Prices like this are bad for patients," said David Mitchell, who last year founded the nonprofit advocacy group Patients for Affordable Drugs. "They hurt patients."

Some fear the approach could scatter homeless drug users around the neighborhood.

An independent assessment of health care at the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center near Smyrna finds fault with its 'sick call' process.

"Why should a drug from a mushroom help people deal with their mortality?"

Gov. Carney: “We know there’s a huge cost. There’s no price you can put on the loss of a loved one. And that motivation needs to be with us as we implement this action plan.”

Experts on Anne's diary said the newly discovered text reveals more about her development as a writer than it does about her interest in sex.