Health & Science

A bill aims to address abandoned mine lands with a focus on economic development. Proponents see it as a way to imagine a more sustainable future for old coal country.

PFOA has been linked to cancer, high cholesterol, and developmental problems in young children

With an enrollment period that’s been cut in half and calls from the GOP to end Obamacare, the call for enrollment in the ACA has been more pressing than ever.

AstraZeneca gets FDA approval to move forward with Calquence (acalabrutinib), a drug used to fight an aggressive form of blood cancer.

Nursing students go through several rotations, and, at Jefferson College of Nursing in Philadelphia, that can include time at a maximum security prison.

The devastation left by last month’s powerful storm is making it impossible to continue her work on Puerto Rico.

He claims, though, that he won't actively end his life — he's always been opposed to euthanasia, and to "death with dignity" — he will not try to prolong it either.

The hundreds of remains in question would have been found between March and June at a Center City location under construction for condos.

Not merely out-of-this-world, a comet from beyond our solar system came and went earlier this month. Cross-quarter-day approaches ...

The window to sign up for individual health insurance through the Affordable Care Act's online marketplace begins Wednesday, Nov. 1.

Jacquelyn Bonomo is succeeding Larry Schweiger as the leader of PennFuture. Schweiger is retiring.

The low-carbon coffee that Costa Rica is pushing is part of an overall plan by the country to become the first carbon neutral nation.

John Dernbach, director of the Environmental Law and Sustainability Center at Widener University sat down with StateImpact to discuss.

The commission voted unanimously on Thursday to uphold a judge’s ruling that prevented Sunoco from building the valve and associated equipment on private land.