Public Health

The recalled pouches have been linked to dozens of illnesses in U.S. kids.

Members of the UAW union disrupted a meeting of a state Assembly committee that had been scheduled to take a preliminary vote on a bill to ban smoking in the casinos.

The court's action sets up a collision between the Food and Drug Administration's 23-year study and supervision of mifepristone.

Many casino workers have been pushing for three years to close a loophole in the state's public smoking law that specifically exempts casinos from a ban.

To get more people screened for colorectal cancer, Philadelphia doctors at Temple University turn to stool-based take home tests.

The state and a hospital system are sending a converted school bus laden with fresh food available for purchase as a temporary solution to the city's lack of a supermarket.

The network of nearly 2,000 Dominican grocers feel that the Department of Public Health is unfairly targeting their tobacco licenses.

Animal agriculture is huge contributor of greenhouse gas emissions. How harmful is our appetite for meat for the climate and what would it mean to cut back, even a little?

ACA open enrollment period began Nov. 1. The marketplaces are open to people who do not get insurance coverage through their jobs or other programs.

Hundreds of people live outside in the Philly area. Data shows some of the weather conditions they deal with are becoming more extreme.

Rabies is a potentially fatal virus that can be prevented by avoiding contact with animals that may be rabid.

Dr. Jessica Beard’s prior research found that reporting — particularly TV news — that focuses on single events often causes further harm to shooting victims.

Throngs of holiday travelers at airports across the country put heavy stress on an already strained aviation system. We hear about an investigation into airport safety.

The latest development comes after more than a year and a half of failed settlement negotiations in the federal civil case.

Local pharmacists are beginning to feel the weight of Rite Aid’s closures, and some might not be able to take on more patients.