Health & Science

Pennsylvania far exceeds the national average of drug-related overdose deaths. Last year, 4,642 such deaths were reported — and the number is expected to rise this year.

Delaware health officials are urging families of loved ones struggling with addiction to seek treatment following close to a dozen overdose deaths over the holiday weekend.

A new six-week program at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine is giving it a shot.

If an opioid addiction starts with a prescription after surgery or some other hospital-based care, should the hospital be penalized?

NASA has big hopes for virtual reality technology.

She’s best known for her starring role on the TV comedy “Black-ish,” but these days Jenifer Lewis, is increasingly making a name for herself as a mental health advocate.

One water company, in a display of honesty, said technicians occasionally use divining rods to locate water mains — "however they are not accurate 100% of the time."

Getting along with your coworkers can be tough in any job – much less one where you eat, sleep and work just feet away from one ano ...

As public health officials grapple with how to slow the growing opioid epidemic, the over-prescription of narcotics after even minor surgery is coming under new scrutiny.

As a live-in, residential program, A Place to Call Home will support pregnant women and new mothers struggling with addiction to opioids.

A non-native insect posing a potential threat to agriculture has hitched a ride to Delaware—and now a state investigation is underway to find out if it was a lone traveler.

Well Being Trust, a national foundation focused on the mental health of America, ranked Pennsylvania’s opioid overdose death rate as the sixth highest in the nation.