Health & Science

Supporters say the policy will make mental health services accessible to people who otherwise may not have the means to seek treatment on their own.

Residents in Philadelphia’s Frankford neighborhood say the area has become a primary care desert, and lacks options for healthy foods.

The proposal comes as the dangerous impacts of human-caused climate change become increasingly clear.

The group added five Philly veterinarians to its peer counseling network Lifeboat, an online tool that allows vets to report mental health crises.

Several City Council members want to preemptively ban such sites in residential neighborhoods in certain parts of the city.

The agency has sued to keep secret how often individual doctors approve patients for medical marijuana.

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

Chris Lundy has always wanted to figure out why his family took him to see a Vodou priest and how this treatment made him better.

If you get acupuncture in the U.S., chances are you will pay for it out of pocket. Some acupuncturists say having standards for the industry gives more people access.

About 900 unionized registered nurses at Einstein Medical Center in North Philadelphia are in contract negotiations with parent company, Jefferson Health.

The new approach does away with a requirement that men who have sex with men abstain from sex for three months prior to giving blood.

Psychologist James Jackson says people with long COVID experience impaired brain function and mental health issues. He offers some practical advice and support in his new book

Families participating in the study will either receive a treatment system — or a placebo device — to help scientists assess the correlation between water quality and health.

The PA Tick Research Lab, one of only three labs nationwide engaged in tick testing and research, is analyzing data from 30,000 tick exposures in Pennsylvania from 2019-2021.

In a unanimous vote, 17-0, a panel of advisers to the Food and Drug Administration recommended that the agency approve the first over-the-counter birth control pill.