Public Health

Dangerous heat and elevated risks of wildfires are present in parts of the West, with climate change and El Niño both playing a role.

Chester County identified transportation as a major barrier to community members getting to problem-solving court appointments and recovery services.

New regulations require more direct care hours for residents and tighter staffing ratios at nearly 700 long-term care facilities statewide.

As smoky as the summer has been so far, scientists say it will likely be worse in future years because of climate change.

About 73% of all firework-related injuries nationally occur in the two weeks before and after the Fourth of July.

Summer is barely underway, but temperatures in the U.S. are already reaching levels dangerous to human health.

The CDC concluded that by 2021, the "rate of drug overdose deaths involving xylazine was 35 times higher than the 2018 rate."

Under a Code Red, air pollution concentrations are considered unhealthy for the general population and outdoor activity should be avoided.

Penn Medicine is also weighing the possibility of re-establishing emergency care at Brandywine Hospital “beyond the partnership with the VA.”

Many camps in the Midwest and the East have been moving activities indoors, seeking advice from medical professionals and hoping the air quality improves soon.

Between the 235 out-of-control Canadian wildfires and unstable weather patterns responsible for these meteorological mishaps, climate relief will be few and far in between.

City departments in Philadelphia are urged to allow employees who can work indoors to do so. Public pools will also be closed for the day.

Solvay Specialty Polymers will pay New Jersey $393 million as part of a settlement to clean up PFAS contamination near West Deptford site.

Wildfires continue to rage across Canada, with hundreds burning and more than half out of control.

A sponsor of the legislation said it would help “level the playing field” between doctors and third-party companies.