Medicine

The negotiations took more than a year and included a large public rally and a recent incident where hospital security drove residents off a sidewalk.

Cardiac researcher Sian Harding discusses scientific advances in heart health including growing artificial hearts from stem cells.

Dr. Francis Collins, former director of the NIH and the Human Genome Project, on finding common ground and the role of science and faith in his life.

The gene therapy comes seven years after another research group at the university helped come up with the first FDA approved gene therapy for an inherited disease.

The CDC urges both an updated COVID-19 shot and yearly flu vaccine for everyone ages 6 months and older.

For 40 years, a network of community gardens has kept Puerto Rican folk remedies alive.

Retiring state Rep. Paul Baumbach has pushed for medical aid in dying legislation since 2015. Gov. Carney said he was “morally opposed” to it becoming law.

GLP-1s like Ozempic and Mounjaro are wildly popular for treating diabetes, obesity and now cosmetic weight-loss. How are they changing health care and our culture?

Gen Z seems to be leading a more modest lifestyle, with lower rates of drinking, vaping, and sexual activity. But is this shift a positive development?

New updated vaccines for flu and COVID-19, as well as protection against RSV for infants and seniors, will be available this fall.

The academic conference is open to researchers, students and the public. Topics will include psychedelics, mental health and metaphysics.

Our bodies are built for sleep so why is it so difficult to get a good night's rest?

We talk about Dr. Stanford’s North Philly childhood, the barriers she broke to become a pediatric surgeon and her new memoir. Plus, Helms talks talks about a 1971FBI heist.

A review by Pa.'s elected financial watchdog says there are shortcomings in a state agency’s oversight of fees paid to pharmacy benefit managers in the Medicaid program.

After almost a year of negotiations, the big sticking point now is over wages. Residents say they make a little above minimum wage after accounting for long hours.