Health Care

DIEP is one type of breast reconstruction surgery, but a change in medical billing codes may introduce new financial barriers.

Fetterman's office says he's expected to return to the chamber soon after seeking inpatient treatment for clinical depression.

Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital notified the county as well as Clifton Heights, Folcroft, and Lansdowne of potential cuts to their emergency medical services.

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration issued an alert Monday warning of a "sharp increase in the trafficking of fentanyl mixed with xylazine."

Cases of the fungus that did not respond to antifungal medicine tripled in 2021. It can be deadly, but does not seem to have adverse effects on healthy people.

The Philly Joy Bank is modeled after similar programs in Canada and San Francisco that offer guaranteed cash income to pregnant residents.

With a pandemic-era rule expiring this month, people on Medicaid will have to re-qualify to keep their coverage.

If you think you're too young to get colorectal cancer, consider this: About 20,000 people in the U.S. under the age of 50 will be diagnosed this year.

Operated by Temple Dental School, the practice aims to increase access to quality care in an area of Philly that has long needed it.

Hepatitis C kills more than 400 people in Pennsylvania every year, despite it being a curable infectious disease.

A half-century-old bit of American bureaucracy is leaving hundreds of thousands of nursing home residents in an unthinkable bind: Living on as little as $30 a month.

The four-hospital system in Delaware County is in worsening financial shape and has been struggling to pay its bills and contractors.

Because the case has prompted death threats and protests, Trump-appointed U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk said “less advertisement of this hearing is better.”

Prospect’s inability to pay its bills has previously caused delays in vital supplies and the loss of a police officer, who was permanently stationed outside a medical center.

Judge Christine Fizzano Cannon found that the nonprofit Tower Health system was operating a Montco hospital with the motive of profit.