Health Care

'Breathless' tells the story of the worldwide scientific quest to understand and trace the origins of Covid-19 and develop treatments to fight the deadly virus.

Sick kids are crowding emergency rooms in parts of the country and some pediatric hospitals say they're running out of beds.

Restrictions are returning to telemedicine, an area of medicine that exploded in popularity early in the pandemic.

Here we go again. The virus is starting to surge in many European countries and there are early signs a wave may be starting in the U.S. too.

A number of circulating viruses are causing rising rates of respiratory infections in kids, with hospitals and ICUs seeing an uptick in admissions.

Underperforming nursing homes would be subject to potential punitive actions by the state, including Medicaid enrollments restrictions and reducing funding.

The dermatological, biochemical and pharmaceutical experiments were performed by University of Pennsylvania researcher Dr. Albert Kligman.

State health leaders are bracing for the possibility of “two epidemics going on at the same time” and are working on a plan to better track how the viruses spread.

It is the first time in the program’s 30-year history that it received more used syringes than clean ones distributed.

We talked to experts to help answer some of the most common and confusing questions.

Two biotech companies announced last week that preliminary trial data show their new Alzheimer’s drug, lecanemab, slowed cognitive decline.

Planned Parenthood says it will provide abortions out of an RV-based clinic in southern Illinois by the end of the year.

Unionized nurses, technicians and others at Temple University Hospital are calling for better security and safety measures to protect staff and patients.

An annual survey from CVS Health and Morning Consult found that more Black Americans are reporting mental health concerns.

To accommodate the rise in demand for abortion services, Planned Parenthood Keystone is adding more days per week for abortion appointments.