Health & Science

Researchers believe that white people are just as susceptible to high premature mortality rates as people of color in historically “Jim Crow” states.

Katalin Karikó Ph.D. and Dr. Drew Weisman Ph.D. won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Medicine and their colleagues raised a glass to toast it in the hospital lobby.

Drug overdose deaths increased for the fourth year in a row, according to a new city report, including a 20% jump among Black residents.

Karikó and Weissman met by chance in the 1990s while photocopying research papers.

UPenn religious studies professor Justin McDaniel shares his take on boredom and the insights he learned from his time as a monk.

The senior behavioral health unit at Suburban Community Hospital stopped admitting new patients about two weeks ago, nurses said.

We talk with Loren Grush about her new book, “The Six: The Untold Story of America’s First Women Astronauts,” which retraces the history of the first American women in space.

Some people are finding pharmacies still don't have supply of the shots, and others are having insurance coverage troubles. Here's what's going on.

The announcement comes a month after the USGS found 76% of waterways in the state contain PFAS.

Scientists expect to get at least a cup of rubble from Bennu. The pristine samples are believed to be leftover building blocks from the dawn of our solar system.

One biomedical company agreed to more oversight, and a regulatory group is paving the way for drug companies to use animal-free alternatives.

The shot will help shield newborns from RSV in the early months of life, when they're especially vulnerable to severe illness.

The funding will go toward harm reduction-related projects, including strategies that address racial disparities in overdose deaths.

Boredom is good for your brain. At least that’s what we’ve been told. But how do we achieve boredom in a world of constant stimulation? And is it as valuable as we think?

Dr. Harold Connolly Jr. of Rowan University is a mission sample scientist for NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return.