Health & Science

While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the flu season may have peaked, it’s still making a lot of people sick in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

Never did I imagine a photo I took would be used by Russian trolls to try to manipulate the pipeline debate.

Philly City Council passed a resolution to recognize a Disability Day of Mourning, a step toward valuing the lives of people with disabilities who are murdered by caregivers.

As Pennsylvania’s gas boom helps propel the United States away from coal-fired power, one energy researcher says the impact on climate change will be a wash.

Surgery poses serious risks for older people, who weather anesthesia poorly and whose skin takes longer to heal.

The signal showed unexpectedly cold temperatures and an unusually pronounced wave.

Several environmental groups have asked the Commonwealth Court for an injunction to halt Sunoco/Energy Transfer Partners Mariner East 2 pipeline construction.

The FDA is expected to issue new guidelines next month to encourage drugmakers to develop new medications for treating opioid addiction.

Investigators found hundreds on the sheep and collected nearly a thousand more from the one-acre paddock.

The legislation under consideration would require employers with fewer than 10 workers to offer five paid sick days. Larger employers would have to provide nine paid days.

Over the past week, 1,521 more Delawareans were diagnosed with the flu, bringing the total number of cases in the state to 5,758. There also were five flu-related deaths.

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Many children and grandchildren of those with ALS become caregivers, and watching a loved one’s health deteriorate can be stressful and isolating.

Recent unseasonably warm weather has lured some frogs out of hibernation early. Herpetologists worry what that might mean for them — and other animals.