Medicine

Rosa Health Center has grown from a small farmhouse office to serving over 2,000 patients in Delaware’s uninsured population. Now they’re growing again.

The center in Trenton will serve as an incubator for new programs to address racial disparities in maternal health outcomes.

The newly approved daily birth control pill, Opill, will be the first contraceptive pill sold as an over-the-counter option.

The first drug found to slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease has been granted full approval by the Food and Drug Administration.

New regulations require more direct care hours for residents and tighter staffing ratios at nearly 700 long-term care facilities statewide.

The CDC concluded that by 2021, the "rate of drug overdose deaths involving xylazine was 35 times higher than the 2018 rate."

Pennsylvania law only allows physicians to perform abortions. Advanced practice clinicians say they want to be able to do the same.

The three-bill package passed the Senate Law and Justice Committee almost unanimously.

This injectable form of penicillin is a critical treatment for infections like syphilis, and could be in short supply for the rest of the year.

States were prohibited from removing people from Medicaid during the pandemic. But that ban was lifted in April.

From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on June 21 at the Wellness Center in Yeadon, healthcare professionals will administer the free test. Health officials say early detection is key.

Peripheral arterial disease is a serious health condition that causes blockage of blood vessels in the lower body that can lead to amputations.

While infections have declined, the virus could be a real concern next winter, FDA's vaccine chief Dr. Peter Marks said as the daylong meeting began.

Despite the win, many services are still not covered, and this does not apply to patients who receive other organs.

The university is partnering with the Community of Compassion CDC to hold a series of health care events for preventative care.