Health & Science

Dozens of New Jersey Transit train engineers have been sidelined because testing imposed after a deadly rail crash found they suffered from sleep apnea.

The controversial cross-state project has been beset with technical, environmental and regulatory challenges.

The psychiatrist and innovator in the field of family therapy died last week at the age of 96. 

Studies of asteroids are revealing that they might have a watery history. The DAWN spacecraft orbiting Ceres has provided data that sugge ...

A Harvard research study spanning 80 years that looked into the life and health trajectories of well over a thousand people offers some i ...

Once people sign up, it’s up to state-approved doctors to decide whether to grant a medical marijuana card.

Advocates for Pennsylvania landowners are challenging a statement made recently by one of Governor Tom Wolf’s top aides, after saying complaints over gas royalties subsided.

Activists set up a pancake breakfast picnic on an Amish farm in Conestoga adjacent to a construction site and invited the pipeline workers to share a meal.

A New York company is planning to build a natural gas plant in Pennsylvania’s biggest coal county.

The Environmental Protection Agency's Administrator, Scott Pruitt, has issued a new policy restricting who can serve on the agency's advisory boards.

What happens when we step away from people and places?

Many enrollees received letters from their insurance company noting increased premiums for 2018 but they didn't include updated subsidy amounts.

As the hurricane threatened, Miami-Dade County opened more than 40 shelters for people who needed a safe place to go. Some low-income, vulnerable people needed more support.

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