Public Health

“Music speaks to the soul and so does food,” said Sharing Excess Director Evan Ehlers.

This summer, with wildfire smoke suffocating swaths of North America, we've been warned to stay indoors to avoid poor quality air.

The pills will remain on the market in states where abortion is legal and available by telemedicine and mail for the time being.

Philadelphia public health officials say they will monitor hospitalizations and wastewater data to identify possible increases in COVID-19 activity.

Pennsylvania researchers prepare to release findings from taxpayer-financed studies on possible links between the natural gas industry and various health concerns in the area.

In the last week of June, some 6,000 people in the United States were hospitalized for COVID. In the last week of July, that number had climbed to 9,000.

The justices on Thursday agreed to a Biden administration request to put the brakes on an agreement reached last year with state and local governments.

Heart attack deaths spiked early in the pandemic, erasing years of progress in battling cardiovascular disease.

Vulnerable communities face greater exposure to heat and fewer resources to escape it.

A movement to allow these drugs to be used for treatment — of depression, PTSD, even addiction — is sweeping the nation.

Lead can seep into drinking water through service lines that connect to buildings and homes.

An infection with RSV is a cold-like nuisance for most healthy people, but it can be life-threatening for the very young and the elderly.

Callers to the heatline tend to seek tips on staying safe, ask about free air conditioners, or report symptoms of heat-related illness, its director said.

A drug task force, a county detective, and body scanner at a county jail are some of the proposed uses that county officials across the state have sought clarity on.

Her genetic material, taken without her knowledge in 1951, has helped facilitate numerous scientific breakthroughs, including the development of the polio and COVID-19 vaccine