Health & Science

A family in Wilmington, Delaware, faced a looming deadline to get their son a new gene therapy treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia now houses a machine that is helping to make CAR T-cell therapy much less expensive.

Philly’s Community Doula Support Program launched in early 2020 in response to rising drug overdose deaths among pregnant and postpartum people.

The iceberg is about three times the size of New York City and more than twice the size of Greater London, measuring around 4,000 square kilometers (1,500 square miles).

Temple Health physicians are expanding a program to increase access to stool-based screening kits, an alternative to colonoscopies.

We look at the future of gene therapy — from stunning breakthroughs to obstacles that still stand in its way.

Emissions of planet-warming gases are still rising globally, and the most ambitious climate goal set by world leaders is all but impossible to meet.

Anyone who did not order a batch of four COVID-19 tests in September can secure up to eight of them this time around starting Monday at COVIDtests.gov.

Conversations with former staffers and people close to the museum reveal that trouble had been brewing for years.

A new collaboration of scientists, farmers, and foodies are giving the lima bean a makeover. But will people actually eat them?

Despite the prevalence of autoimmune conditions, like the thyroid disease Hashimoto's, finding help can prove frustrating and expensive.

Though testing, screening, and treating lung cancer has improved in Pennsylvania, some residents are at risk of radon exposure, according to a report.

Lima beans are getting a makeover, seed oil is getting a bad rep, and a weed that covers ponds might soon be a hot health food. We’ll explore the forces that shape what we eat

Crediting climate activists and new climate goals, Amtrak reversed its plans to replace a steam system with natural gas boilers.

The drops were sold by CVS Health, Target, Rite Aid and other retailers.