Health & Science

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.

Many environmentalists say his record, so far, has been disappointing.

The facility, formerly a transit police headquarters, covers 11,000 square feet - 10 times the size of the current Hub of Hope, which has been operating in a storefront.

Susan G. Komen Philadelphia is calling on local leaders to eliminate the breast cancer mortality gap that disproportionately impacts African-American women.

On Wednesday, January 31st, don’t miss the Super Blue Blood Total Lunar Eclipse Moon! This lunar event means that the second full m ...