Health Care

A majority of organ transplants are still done with deceased organ donations, but living organ donations can last longer.

The closure of two hospitals in Chester County has led to dangerously long ambulance rides to overcrowded emergency rooms in the three remaining hospitals.

Fentanyl test strips, which can detect the deadly synthetic opioid in drugs, were previously considered as illegal drug paraphernalia under state law.

The lawsuit calls Drexel's investigation into Doroshin's conduct and resulting disciplinary process "deeply flawed."

Last year, the state initiated more than 2,100 investigations into senior abuse.

The $3.5 million federal grant will add more fellows to Jewish Family Services’ newest mental health program.

Chester County hopes to deploy the mobile mental health crisis teams starting July 2023 as part of a new three-pillar approach to mental and behavioral health services.

St. Francis Hospital in Trenton is now operating as a standalone emergency room, under a new name, following a merger with Capital Health.

Federal agencies have awarded about $3.5 million in total to Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey to expand mental health and suicide crisis response.

Caring for sick children has become extra stressful recently for many U.S. parents due to shortages of Children’s Tylenol and other medicines.

Dark chocolate bars tested by Consumer Reports exceeded California's daily maximum allowable dose levels for lead or cadmium.

The Biden administration is moving to make it easier for Americans with opioid addiction to gain access to medical treatments proven to save lives.

Legionnaires' disease is a bacterial disease that can be contracted through breathing in small droplets of water that contain legionnaires bacteria.

Biden stressed that the new law doesn't require vets to prove that burn pits caused a range of maladies and certain cancers, including brain cancer.

Members of Pennsylvania’s Medical Marijuana Advisory Board are publicly questioning the Wolf administration’s oversight of doctors and third-party certification companies.