Health & Science

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.

The 10 hospitals that took part in the collaboration were scattered all over Colorado.

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Federal regulators have effectively denied a request to reconsider their approval of the planned PennEast Pipeline, the agency’s critics say.

The red knots stop for nourishment along the Delaware Bay on their annual journey from Chile to the Arctic.

Hundreds of Delaware women who receive services on the state-funded Mobile Health Screening Van may have to seek other providers if the state decides to cut its funding.

Philadelphia is in the midst of a debate about "safe-injection sites." Those opposed found voice in state Attorney General Josh Shapiro, but his statements are ill-informed.

When the policy change takes effect March 1, many covered under its health insurance plans will be able to obtain the drug at no cost.