Public Health

Valley Creek is just one waterway out of many across the U.S. with elevated PFAS levels caused by wastewater treatment plants and electronics manufacturing facilities.

According to the city Health Department, 1,413 people died from drug overdoses in Philadelphia last year.

Masking will be optional for students and staff except when determined necessary to fight an outbreak.

The government will negotiate new prices for the commonly prescribed drugs, but the cuts won't take effect until 2026.

Everything from chemical spills to bridge collapses have triggered recent emergency notifications. Here’s how to navigate the systems behind them.

Citizen scientists and Drexel researchers are testing whether planter benches make summer heat in five Philly neighborhoods more bearable.

Three studies show smoke from Canadian wildfires led to a spike in people with asthma visiting emergency rooms in the United States.

Readers are curious about the new variant, currently known a BA.2.86. Also: Lots of questions about boosters. Can you get it at the same time as a flu shot?

The state will bear any costs incurred by schools under the legislation.

The federal government is requiring water utilities to identify service lines made of toxic lead. Researchers in Philly are trying to find an easier way.

The Philadelphia Liquefied Natural Gas Export Task Force met a wall of unified resistance in Chester for its plans to build an LNG terminal along the Delaware River.

Proceeds from this year’s Color 5K will go towards Chester County’s Community Outreach Prevention and Education program.

The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first vaccine for expectant mothers to shield their babies from RSV.

Half of the people infected in the outbreak reported having contact with turtle with shells smaller than four inches wide. Owning pet turtles of that size is prohibited by fed

People and families who rely on food stamps experienced a 21% increase in food insufficiency when pandemic-era benefits ended.