Health & Science

Sponsor of measure says menthol cigarettes are heavily marketed in black communities, targeting African-American men.

"This idea, if implemented in the future, would improve the process for our fulfillment associates," the company says.

They will not agree to the company’s plans to build the pipeline on their land — at the price offered, or in some cases at any price.

Chicago-based Exelon Generation says the Oyster Creek plant in Lacey Township, New Jersey, will close this fall.

The Philadelphia region is getting its first new psychiatric hospital in more than 50 years.

Noonan, who will begin her role next month, is a lawyer who has worked with the Camden Coalition as a consultant through PolicyLab, a research arm of CHOP.

There are lots of LGBTQ kids in the foster care system. To take care of those kids, Philadelphia is recruiting foster parents who are LGBTQ, too.

A solar panel that arrives in the United States from overseas now comes with a higher price tag.

Victoria Elder loves her kid — and regrets becoming a mother. She and others are challenging the belief that parenthood is for everyone.

Facing terminal cancer, an undocumented immigrant must decide if access to life-extending medicine is worth the increased risk of deportation.

Pennsylvania is expected to bring in $46.1 million more this year from natural gas impact fees.

If a national version of this bill is approved, terminally ill patients could try experimental treatments that have completed some testing but don’t yet have FDA approval.

While the president mentioned energy in his first State of the Union speech Tuesday night, he offered few details about his energy priorities.

The refinery is Philadelphia’s single largest generator of particulate emission air pollution, according to city data.

Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, resigned Wednesday following reports that she bought shares in a tobacco company.