Public Health

Philly’s Community Doula Support Program launched in early 2020 in response to rising drug overdose deaths among pregnant and postpartum people.

Temple Health physicians are expanding a program to increase access to stool-based screening kits, an alternative to colonoscopies.

Crews started removing debris from an illegal dump site in the city’s Bergen Square neighborhood beginning last March after officials took over the property.

Anyone who did not order a batch of four COVID-19 tests in September can secure up to eight of them this time around starting Monday at COVIDtests.gov.

Though testing, screening, and treating lung cancer has improved in Pennsylvania, some residents are at risk of radon exposure, according to a report.

"We were building the plane while we were flying it,” said one consultant.

Joy of Sox celebrated with Prevention Point Philadelphia Wednesday after achieving the goal of reaching one million socks by October.

The Biden administration is requesting that Congress appropriate $7.5 billion for WIC in the 2024 fiscal budget, up from $6 billion last year.

7 women who were denied reproductive health care in Texas have joined an ongoing lawsuit.

Opponents and supporters of supervised injection sites gathered at South Philadelphia Library to plead their case on the best solutions for opioid addiction.

Government surveys suggest that millions of people in the U.S. are living with neurological symptoms linked to long COVID.

The Philadelphia tour date is scheduled for Nov. 15 in Center City. The educational conference is designed for professionals and caregivers.

In a handful of states with off-year elections, abortion access appeared to be a winning issue for the second general election in a row.

The court is currently examining a challenge to a state law that restricts the use of public funds to help people get abortions.

It will be the first building in Camden County named in honor of an African American woman, Mayor Mary Ann Wardlow, and will support the county’s meal-delivery program.