Health & Science

When it comes to lowering the mortality rate, the U.S. is behind other developed countries like Canada, Norway, the U.K., and Australia.

The tattoo stretched across the man's chest. It said "Do Not Resuscitate." His signature was tattooed at the end.

Ultimately, Roe vs. Wade brought an end to Jane because women then had access to legal abortion providers.

Treatment plants that handle conventional oil and gas waste water are causing a buildup of radioactive materials at the bottom of three Western Pennsylvania waterways.

The Philadelphia region boasts more than 20 universities and colleges, as well as five medical schools and schools of nursing and health care administration.

Behavioral Health practitioners nationwide have used the registry’s list of hundreds of evidence-based practices as the industry standard for what works.

Elana Gordon, a reporter for WHYY’s The Pulse, joined NewsWorks Tonight to weigh in on the local response to federal action.

Wildlife photographer Nick Nichols remembers a close call with a tigress.

We reintroduce animals to their native habitat as part of an impulse to re-create “wilderness” — a place untouched by man. The result is more like the feeling of wilderness.

A hidden world of pathways leads wild animals safely across busy roads, keeping ecosystems connected even as human use fragments and disturbs them.

Since the 1950s, a timber company has used conservation-driven logging to balance productive use and wild forests.

Valley Day School in Bucks County takes a trauma-informed approach to its students who have behavioral or emotional issues. Singer/songwriter Sam Baker can relate.