Medicine

A Villanova University biologist is studying how geckos stick to surfaces in an effort to replicate this mechanism for new medical adhesives

A Penn project could help keep urban bats out of your attic and support them in their fight against a deadly disease.

The powerful animal tranquilizer has started appearing in the illicit heroin and fentanyl market in recent years.

Years of research show it matters when a patient takes medicine. So why don't drugs come with those instructions?

Even as Delaware cancer rates are declining, there’s still persistent disparities in cases. Experts emphasize the need for early detection.

The regional coalition of health systems is reevaluating the role of race in tools used to assess kidney and lung function and other health conditions.

Dr. Audrey Evans is the subject of new biopic “Audrey’s Children,” a film set and shot in Philadelphia and written and produced by Philadelphians.

Medicare’s annual open enrollment period runs from Oct. 15 through Dec. 7.

Voxelotor, which was sold under the brand name Oxbryta, was suddenly pulled from the market over safety concerns from clinical trials outside the U.S.

The vaccine program is open to all county residents and offers shots for COVID, flu, RSV and other diseases.

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.