Public Health

As the number of people experiencing homelessness rises in Philadelphia, health providers say street medicine can better deliver care to more people.

Municipalities must locate and replace lead pipes over the next decade. Here’s what you need to know.

The Philadelphia Water Department shared a public inventory of the city’s lead pipes. The material of service lines connecting hundreds of thousands of properties is unknown.

As of September 10, all mammogram centers and providers are required to inform patients if they have dense breast tissue, which can make screening more difficult.

Delaware will soon allow people to buy raw milk, but health officials say the practice has serious risks.

More than 70% of homes in Pennsylvania are estimated to have been built before the 1978 lead paint ban, leaving many kids vulnerable to lead poisoning.

Hurricane Helene shut down a factory in North Carolina that makes more than half of the U.S. supply of intravenous fluids. Hospitals use them everyday.

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

Medical sociologist Liz Chiarello discusses the effects of prescription drug monitoring programs on both patients and physicians.

Drug overdose deaths among Philadelphians have risen every year since 2018, but preliminary numbers for 2023 show a drop.

Researchers looked at 230 cases of children 6 and younger who accidentally ingested opioids from common and uncommon sources.

Democrats are seeing opportunity in Trump and Vance’s refusal to directly answer whether they would repeal Obamacare and what they would replace it with.

Sublocade is a long-acting form of buprenorphine, a medication for opioid use disorder. It’s given once a month as an injection instead of a daily oral dose.

Only 111 of 250 spots have been filled as part of the guaranteed income pilot program. Officials hope to fill the remaining spots by the end of the year.

The clinic will serve non- and under-insured residents, with a specific focus on African and Caribbean immigrants.