Health & Science

The symptoms can include nerve pain, emotional numbness and sexual dysfunction and can last for years after stopping the drugs.

Seaside sparrows at Cooks Beach have their own “dialect.” Rowan University researchers monitor their songs as a way to track salt marsh health.

The new legislation increases fines for environmental violations and directs the money to impacted communities.

Kids' health "reflects what’s happening in society at large,” said Christopher Forrest, a pediatrician at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and a co-author of the study.

The layoffs mainly affect manager-level roles and vacant positions that will no longer be filled across all hospitals and outpatient offices.

The highest concentrations of PFAS were detected in Southeastern Pennsylvania.

The district’s hives are part of a nationwide trend to place bees in commercial spaces.

A study by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania found composting and feeding food waste to animals would cut carbon emissions.

When temperatures spiked last month, so did air pollution. Here’s why.

Penn engineering researchers modified a fungus called Aspergillus flavus, which may have caused lung disease and illness in archeologists who discovered King Tut’s tomb.

Amid the summer heat, we explore the history and future of cold technology, from innovations in freezing to the next generation of air conditioners.

As we live longer, our ideas about aging and the roles of older people need a serious overhaul. This hour on Studio 2, we break down the stereotypes around aging.

With spending cuts poised to hit medical providers, Medicaid recipients and Affordable Care Act enrollees, here's how the bill will affect health care access in the U.S.

The district’s agreement with DOJ to delay prosecution of criminal charges describes asbestos issues at 31 schools.

Landlords would be required to certify their properties are lead-free, or safe from the toxin.