Jessica McDonald

This year in Delaware, more than 200 cases of whooping cough have been reported so far — nearly four times last year’s total. ...

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After an investigation earlier this summer found that the Philadelphia VA Medical Center falsified records to make wait times appear shor ...

There’s only one way to cure sickle cell disease: a bone marrow transplant. But it’s difficult to find donors, and the treatm ...

A University of Pennsylvania postdoctoral researcher has made the MIT Technology Review’s 2014 list of ...

It’s been more than a decade since a federal law made venue owners criminally responsible when patrons use illegal club drugs. But ...

In the early 1980s, a Down syndrome diagnosis meant a life expectancy of just 25 years. But now, Down syndrome babies will live to an ave ...

A common problem for chemotherapy drugs is that they’re not specific enough — they successfully kill cancer cells, but healthy ce ...

Blood banks are staples in hospitals, but for some newborns, a more unusual donation can be just as lifesaving: breast milk. To increase ...

Delaware has joined 17 other states in allowing police officers to carry naloxone, a prescription drug that can reverse the effects of an ...

Coastal engineers and physicians are teaming up to look at correlations between beach-related injuries and breaking waves close to the sh ...

Scientists at Drexel University are putting a twist on the typical approach of vaccination to combat an increasingly common and difficult ...