Health Care

People who are visually impaired know what works for them and what doesn’t. They’d rather innovate their own technologies.

About 30 million Americans have this allergy noted in their medical records. That means the most commonly prescribed antibiotics are off-limits.

Around 50 million Americans suffer from chronic pain.

Writers seek out vets in the hospital, and ask them about their lives. Then they write up this life story, a 1,000-word biography, and go over it with the patient.

The poll comes as several states have pushed to limit abortions in hopes of getting the Supreme Court to reconsider the issue.

The new EMS unit, called AR-2, was announced Wednesday. It has a two-pronged goal: reverse overdoses and connect people to treatment services.

Vaccines worry a lot of parents. Pediatricians understand that, but they worry we’ve forgotten just how sick kids can get without the shots.

Joe Biden is under fire from his Democratic presidential rivals and women's rights advocates for his defense of a decades-old ban on federal money paying for abortions.

A bill for Pennsylvania to take control of the health insurance marketplace is moving quickly through the state Capitol with bipartisan support.

A doctor told Michael Senisch to do one thing, his patient asked for another. A jury decided he made the right call.

His immigration status — undocumented — stands in the way of obtaining medication and therapy a 15-year-old boy needs for his depression, ADHD, and more.

After failing to approve recreational marijuana sales, New Jersey will now greatly expand its medical marijuana program.

New Jersey has filed a civil lawsuit against the Sackler family, which controls the opioid manufacturer Purdue Pharma.

Kevin Roster, a 36-year-old with terminal cancer, wants the ‘freedom to choose’ how he dies. He says he can’t wait for N.J.’s ‘Aid in Dying’ law to take effect in August.

Pennsylvania curtailed benefits in 2011, and adults now either pull diseased teeth or pay out of pocket because procedures like root canals aren’t covered.