Health Care

The Philly Joy Bank is modeled after similar programs in Canada and San Francisco that offer guaranteed cash income to pregnant residents.

With a pandemic-era rule expiring this month, people on Medicaid will have to re-qualify to keep their coverage.

If you think you're too young to get colorectal cancer, consider this: About 20,000 people in the U.S. under the age of 50 will be diagnosed this year.

Operated by Temple Dental School, the practice aims to increase access to quality care in an area of Philly that has long needed it.

Hepatitis C kills more than 400 people in Pennsylvania every year, despite it being a curable infectious disease.

A half-century-old bit of American bureaucracy is leaving hundreds of thousands of nursing home residents in an unthinkable bind: Living on as little as $30 a month.

The four-hospital system in Delaware County is in worsening financial shape and has been struggling to pay its bills and contractors.

Because the case has prompted death threats and protests, Trump-appointed U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk said “less advertisement of this hearing is better.”

Prospect’s inability to pay its bills has previously caused delays in vital supplies and the loss of a police officer, who was permanently stationed outside a medical center.

Judge Christine Fizzano Cannon found that the nonprofit Tower Health system was operating a Montco hospital with the motive of profit.

U.S. Attorney David Weiss said she ordered the tests without ‘legitimate medical justification’ after brief online consultations with senior citizens.

Close to 40% of surveyed Americans, a record high, put off medical care last year because of finances.

Researchers have mapped the more than 500,000 connections in the intricate brain of a fruit fly larva. This map could help scientists better understand the human brain.

The lingering jet-lagged feeling you get when daylight saving time begins and ends can disrupt your health as well as your mood. Try these 6 tips from sleep experts to make ne

Several Atlantic City casino dealers with cancer, and others who fear they may develop it, are asking New Jersey lawmakers to ban smoking in the state's casinos.