Medicine

For the first time, a federal court in Ohio is releasing a trove of data that offers far more detail about the size and scope of the nation's opioid epidemic

The proposed closure timeline released Tuesday still needs official approval from the city Health Commissioner’s Office and the state Health Department.

Hahnemann's own bankruptcy filings say a plan to close the hospital involves the largest "orphaning" of medical residents the country's ever seen.

The fate of the ACA is again on the line, as a federal appeals court in New Orleans takes up a case in which a lower court judge has already ruled the law unconstitutional.

We start the hour talking with U.S. Representative Madeleine Dean about her visit to migrant detentions centers and then, we discuss the role compassion plays in medicine.

In low-income countries, "test and treat" is not the typical approach to prevention. There has been no research to support it.

Twenty years ago, an 18-year-old's death while undergoing a Penn clinical trial changed gene therapy.

About 30 million Americans have this allergy noted in their medical records. That means the most commonly prescribed antibiotics are off-limits.

The Farris Institute was once Philadelphia's premiere clinic for artificial insemination. But it left an unknown number of children wondering who their fathers really were.

Pennsylvania Senate may tighten rules on doctors using buprenorphine.

Wilmington resident Judy Govatos has survived cancer twice. If it returns, she wants to be able to choose how to die and is pushing for a controversial bill in Delaware.

A doctor told Michael Senisch to do one thing, his patient asked for another. A jury decided he made the right call.

New Jersey lawmakers may require its doctors to make sure patients know about in-state treatment options.

New Jersey’s governor is moving ahead without the Legislature to expand the medical marijuana program.

Thousands of gravely ill cancer patients each year seek "compassionate use" access to treatments that are not yet on the market but have shown some promise.