Health & Science

For three decades, Mitchell worked to eliminate health disparities and barriers to care.

Jefferson Health has started offering expanded neurology services in Delaware County, including neurosurgery and neurocritical care.

Last week, 25 U.S. states had high or very high levels for respiratory illnesses with fever, cough and other symptoms.

Billions of cicadas will emerge this spring across eastern and southern states as two broods arrive simultaneously for the first time in more than 200 years.

Surgeons externally attached a pig liver to a brain-dead human body and watched it successfully filter blood.

Measles is a highly contagious viral disease that spreads through the air. Experts say vaccination is the greatest tool in preventing an outbreak’s spread.

We step outside the boundaries of Western medicine to explore those questions!

Researchers at Thomas Jefferson University found that Philadelphians living with substance use disorder say housing, language and transportation are some barriers to services.

N.J. Congressman Frank Pallone unveils a plan to have mandatory testing and inspections of all baby food and formula.

Measles symptoms include fever, runny nose, cough, and puffy eyes, followed by a rash.

Camden officials are working with the state Department of Health to investigate contact tracing after a confirmed measles case.

The Philadelphia Department of Public Health has identified eight confirmed cases of measles and nine locations where people may have been exposed.

The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education will hold off on its decision to strip Crozer-Chester Medical Center of its surgical residency program.

We talk with journalist Maggie Jackson about her book “Uncertain: The Wisdom and Wonder of Being Unsure,” and how we go about navigating life while living in a state of doubt.

Doylestown Hospital would become Penn Medicine’s seventh hospital facility.