Health & Science

Data released Wednesday by Pennsylvania’s Public Utility Commission shows there are fewer homes without a utility heating service this winter compared to last year.

The plan would require regular inspection of all rental housing and that the state share data on neighborhoods where lead-exposure risks are high.

Planets have been observed for the first time orbiting stars in a distant galaxy 3.8 billion light years away. Einstein suggested that th ...

February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month. It's a perfect opportunity to talk to young people.

A millennial mom wants a black pediatrician for her girls and wrestles with why the search was so hard — and why finding a black doctor matters.

Villanova students participating in “Red Thumbs Mars Garden Project” have been nurturing plants that might someday thrive in greenhouses 34 million miles from Earth.

For many children, it's an eye-opening experience just learning that they're not the only person who lost a parent.

In Chicago, one doctor traces the health disparities between white and black residents to the neighborhoods where they live.

The Department of Environmental Protection’s penalty for dozens of permit violations over the last year was among the largest ever handed out by the agency.

Nearly 1,000 flu cases were reported in Delaware for the week ending Feb. 3, the highest total in a single week since the state’s been keeping records.

About eight percent of Americans will contend with post-traumatic stress disorder at some point in their lives; for military veterans, the incidence is much higher.

A new feature of the next iPhone operating system lets patients store information about medication, allergies, and lab results on their phones.

A heated meeting on Friday night showed that turning the idea of Philadelphia opening the country's first safe-injection site into a reality will likely face pushback.

Four months after having her second baby, Jessica Porten started feeling really irritable. Little things would annoy her, like her glider chair.