Health Care

A family in Wilmington, Delaware, faced a looming deadline to get their son a new gene therapy treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia now houses a machine that is helping to make CAR T-cell therapy much less expensive.

Philly’s Community Doula Support Program launched in early 2020 in response to rising drug overdose deaths among pregnant and postpartum people.

Temple Health physicians are expanding a program to increase access to stool-based screening kits, an alternative to colonoscopies.

Despite the prevalence of autoimmune conditions, like the thyroid disease Hashimoto's, finding help can prove frustrating and expensive.

The drops were sold by CVS Health, Target, Rite Aid and other retailers.

"We were building the plane while we were flying it,” said one consultant.

Government surveys suggest that millions of people in the U.S. are living with neurological symptoms linked to long COVID.

The Philadelphia tour date is scheduled for Nov. 15 in Center City. The educational conference is designed for professionals and caregivers.

President Biden spoke on Veterans Day about the country's "obligation" to provide veterans with adequate care, describing it a nonpartisan issue.

In a handful of states with off-year elections, abortion access appeared to be a winning issue for the second general election in a row.

This Election Day, we'll check in at the Pennsylvania polls. Plus, investigating our circadian rhythms after daylight saving time ends, and new zoo president Jo-Elle Mogerman.

Information about reproductive health is now available on a new state website.

The final deadline for ACA open enrollment is January 15 in Pennsylvania and Delaware, and January 31 in New Jersey.

ACA plans are now well entrenched — an estimated 16.3 million people signed up during open enrollment last year. This year may see even larger numbers.