Public Health

The new Texas law bans abortions after a "fetal heartbeat" is detected. But doctors say that's not an actual medical term and it's being used inaccurately.

It's clear the next couple of seasons won't be the "life as usual" we all hoped for. Rituals, deep breathing and reaching out to friends are just a few ways to manage anxiety

The delta variant is pummeling America's hospitals, taxing an already-depleted health care workforce. Some states are facing the prospect of rationing medical care.

The new guidance, officially in effect beginning Monday, Sept. 6, aims to “maximize protection from the delta variant,” per the county.

The in-school efforts come as the 12-17 age group has the lowest rate of fully inoculated people in the state.

The findings of a new study from the University of Pennsylvania challenge past, smaller studies that found Black women face a greater genetic risk than white women.

State District Judge Maya Guerra Gamble issued a temporary restraining order Friday in Austin that shields clinics from whistleblower lawsuits.

The nation's poison control centers saw a 245% jump in reported exposure cases from July to August as more people take the anti-parasite drug.

Tens of thousands still plan to descend on the Parkway for the festival, where they’ll have to show vax proof or a negative test to get in.

The Supreme Court's conservative majority tossed a legal bomb into the abortion debate late Wednesday night.

Delaware Democrats say they’ll fight harder to keep abortion legal in the First State after a new Texas law effectively bans the procedure after six weeks.

In fact, more than 1.1 million people have already received unauthorized shots of a COVID-19 vaccine, according to numbers provided by the CDC in mid-August.

If the U.S. had done more to reduce its incarceration rate, it could have prevented millions of COVID-19 cases.

Tens of thousands are descending on the Parkway for the festival, where you have to show vax proof or a negative test to get in.

With students back in classrooms, we look at how to keep kids safe from COVID and discuss Pennsylvania Governor Wolf's new mask mandate for schools.