Joel Wolfram

Inside the Gift of Life Donor Program’s headquarters in Philadelphia, a room serves as a sort of mission control for organ donation.

The Philadelphia-based company announced Wednesday that its recently-approved gene therapy, which has the potential to cure a rare form of blindness, will cost $850,000.

The current Chemical Heritage Foundation will become the Science History Institute to reflect its broadening collections and interests.

The number of people who signed up for insurance through the Affordable Care Act dipped slightly in all three states, despite Trump administration efforts to curtail the law.

The volunteers started on a corner near the railroad tracks where the city and Conrail cleared out an encampment of homeless heroin users this summer. 

'It’s a near-death experience, and you really want to get these people the help they need,' says the Philadelphia Fire Department's head of emergency medical services.

Researchers say higher rates of past drug abuse by teens may have contributed to the increase of opioid addiction in adults — and the current overdose crisis.

The university’s director of counseling services says the university's counseling staff is enough to meet the needs of Temple's students.

The guidelines are the latest in a series the state has adopted to advise doctors in different medical specialties.

A century ago, Esperanto seemed poised to solve the problem of "scientific Babel."

The Philadelphia-based insurer now covers a maximum five-day supply for most new opioid prescriptions since adopting the policy in July.

City officials and advocates for children’s health gathered Friday at a conference aimed at helping Philadelphia advance measures to reduce lead exposure in homes.