Health Care

New COVID-19 vaccine recommendations come out Tuesday. We hear from Dr. Paul Offit, a member of the FDA advisory panel, about the latest guidelines released by the CDC.

Experts say they offer good protection against current COVID variants. Who should get them, and when's the best time to roll up your sleeve?

The new West Philadelphia location marks the city’s fifth crisis response center for people experiencing mental health emergencies.

The agency’s director is expected to sign off on the panel’s recommendation and the vaccines could be available this week.

The vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer and its partner BioNTech were approved Monday for people 12 and older.

There's still no validated treatment or diagnostic test specifically for the condition, although there are many candidates.

Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin said he thinks “all options for comprehensive change” should be on the table to prevent further failures as described in the report.

The new payouts are from a second wave of national opioid lawsuit settlements with Teva, Allergan, CVS, Walgreens, and Walmart.

In a scathing, 43-page report, the Justice Department outlines failures at the homes in Menlo Park and Paramus.

Though still lower than past years, cases and hospitalizations have been creeping up. Happily, tests are still readily accessible.

The sweeping decision comes amid a trend in Latin America loosening restrictions on abortion even as access has been limited in the United States.

While the lawsuit lists 10 players, attorneys representing the former players say the lawsuit represents thousands who have filed for benefits before them.

The research comes amid an epidemic of diet-related disease, which competes with smoking as a leading cause of death.

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that respiratory therapy jobs will grow 14% over the next decade.

Philly hospital leaders, city officials look to spread the word about changes to insulin costs for Medicare patients under the Inflation Reduction Act.