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New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware, just got a new obesity report card from the government. A person with a body mass index (BM ...

Immigration-reformers question benefits for U.S.-citizen children of undocumented immigrants.  Alex ...

Hospitals across Philadelphia may have up to 66,000 patient interactions in the days before and during the two days Pope Francis will be ...

The gym at Riverside Correctional Facility is through the metal detector, two heavy doors and down the hall.  There’s a ...

Philadelphia is getting $1.7 million to expand its HIV prevention work. The federal grant is earmarked for education and care prog ...

Beginning in October, vapers in Delaware won’t be allowed to fire up their electronic cigarettes inside public spaces such as shopp ...

Obesity among school-age children in Philadelphia is common — and higher than national averages — but a new ...

Can candy be good medicine at the doctor’s office? When a child visits the pediatrician these days, she often comes home wit ...

For kids who don’t get to the dentist twice a year as recommended, the pediatrician’s office may be a good place to nudge fam ...

Our lab rat thinks the Gokhale “back” story stretches credibility.  Hoping for relief from aching backs, tight sh ...

New Jersey’s Department of Education is set to explore some of the benefits and potential negatives of starting the school day late ...

Last week federal health officials said too few teenagers are protected against the human papillomavirus. But it turns out that Philadelp ...