Health Care

The Federal Communications Commission is proposing to launch a new three-digit hotline for people who are feeling suicidal or are going through any other mental health crisis.

Gov. Tom Wolf has vetoed two different bills. Pennsylvania lawmakers plan to send him a third.

A Nemours-Christiana Care partnership creates rooms big enough to fit 2 teams of doctors, so that newborns with congenital issues stay close to their moms.

The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which funds the residencies, opposed the sale of the 550-plus slots from the beginning.

At a free event set up by the Mexican consulate in Philadelphia, checking for the damaging effects of exposure to the sun got the spotlight.

This week: an update on the closure of Hahnemann Hospital, Camden County School District superintendent Katrina McCombs, and monarch migration.

Medical and genetic data from more than a million Americans are now in scientific databases. Some programs hoard the data, while others share widely with scientists.

Doctors and nurses are often barred from turning to FDA-approved medications that research shows to be the most effective way to quit.

There's mounting evidence that the measles virus can erase our immunity to everything from influenza viruses to diarrheal disease.

The hospital plans to close its doors Friday. Its owner has been wrangling with the federal government for weeks over the residency program was an asset.

Physicians at the children’s hospital and community members want a local nonprofit to buy the facility, owned by Hahnemann’s parent, and maintain services.

The era of modern medicine has seen a wave of new technology and lifesaving treatments. But should we be asking tougher questions about these medical advances?

Hahnemann University Hospital is back in federal bankruptcy court Weds. where a judge will rule on whether the sale of its residency programs can go ahead.

Delaware has a primary care physician shortage. Two medical facilities hope to change that by establishing residency programs.

New Jersey lawmakers want to provide state money to Planned Parenthood and other health care providers who have abandoned some of their federal funding.