Nicole Leonard

The American Lung Association's annual State of Tobacco Control report shows some progress in reducing smoking-related illnesses, but gaps remain.

The National Institutes of Health and telemedicine provider eMed will study how virtual COVID home testing and treatment could work on a large scale.

The World Trade Center Health Program was created to provide long-term care to 9/11 first responders who were exposed to toxins at terrorist attack sites.

The Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council’s annual hospital performance report looked at patient outcomes for a range of health conditions.

The College of Physicians of Philadelphia did not conduct the unethical scientific experiments at Holmesburg Prison, but apologized for not speaking out.

Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children is a rare, but serious condition that appears two to six weeks after a child’s COVID-19 infection.

Philadelphia stands to receive about $200 million total in opioid settlement funds over 18 years from a major national lawsuit against three drug distributors.

Tower Health’s $28 million-dollar sale of Chestnut Hill Hospital to Temple Health and its partners is complete. Transfer of ownership was finalized Jan. 1.

A majority of organ transplants are still done with deceased organ donations, but living organ donations can last longer.

Fentanyl test strips, which can detect the deadly synthetic opioid in drugs, were previously considered as illegal drug paraphernalia under state law.

Parents may find it more difficult to find children’s pain relievers as rising demand for these medications leaves pharmacies in short supply.

Federal agencies have awarded about $3.5 million in total to Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey to expand mental health and suicide crisis response.