Health Care

The proposed legislation would require hospitals to give notice 180 days and meet a set of regulatory benchmarks before they can close.

Among households that had a serious illness in the past year, one in five respondents said they had trouble accessing care during the pandemic.

Temple Health will manage the facility which will be named Temple Health-Chestnut Hill Hospital following the acquisition.

Wastewater testing has proved a reliable early alarm bell for COVID-19 outbreaks. U.S. researchers are now adapting the approach to track the explosive spread of monkeypox.

A new study finds climate hazards aggravate 58% of known infection diseases in people.

The risk of contracting monkeypox is still low in the U.S., but colleges are already seeing cases.

Senate Democrats spent the weekend advancing what they call a historic piece of legislation, but it's still a much smaller version of what they originally called for.

The Senate has worked overnight and into the morning as Democrats push their election-year economic package toward passage.

President Biden is negative for COVID-19 after a rebound case but will remain in isolation pending a second negative test, the White House announced on Saturday.

Indiana lawmakers approved the near-total abortion ban with some exceptions, including in cases of rape, incest, and to protect the life and physical health of the mother.

“The framework has flipped.” This year, districts requiring masks are few and far between. Philadelphia and Newark are outliers, for now.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has repeatedly said Democrats are on track to pass the Inflation Reduction Act in the coming days, but a few roadblocks still stand in the

The decisive vote against curbing abortion rights in a deeply conservative state has political strategists in both parties recalibrating their views on the upcoming midterms.

So far more than 6,000 people in the U.S. have been infected.

Even though abortion remains legal in Pennsylvania, the money is designed to support Philadelphians seeking access to an abortion.