Health Care

Citing concerns about loss of ER services, Pa. Health Secretary Rachel Levine says the hospital’s owners must give 90 days’ notice before shutting.

Is it possible to pluck one newsworthy moment from last night's cacophonous 10-contestant Democratic quiz show? You bet. Here we go.

In low-income countries, "test and treat" is not the typical approach to prevention. There has been no research to support it.

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.