Public Health

I spend a lot of time in the place no one wants to be — the cancer center. Every two weeks I’m there with my husband. He is the p ...

By linking the digital and infrastructure systems of the water utility with those of our urban centers, we will take a leap toward creating thriving, sustainable cities.

What is small, brown, round, and avoided by the City of Philadelphia like the plague? If you guessed bed bugs, you’d be right. Unli ...

Teepees dot the plain beside the river, totem poles mark a circular prayer site, and men in moccasins and fur caps tend the ceremonial campfire.

Few presidents have been as concerned with their legacy as Barack Obama. From writing his first memoir at age 34, to declaring ...

This rebroadcast show is all about the human body – more specifically, what happens to us after weR ...

Forty years ago this month, more than  ...

Solving the mysteries of infectious diseases requires man power, determination, and, in the case of Legionnaires' disease, pride.

The start of flu season means lots of ads and public health reminders about the importance of getting a flu shot. Manufacturers are makin ...

This story is from The Pulse, a weekly health and scie ...

Q: What is this project? A: Glad you asked. We’d like you to share your health care prices to help build this c ...

Please fill out the form below to help us and our partner, ClearHealthCosts.com, make health care costs more transparent. (It may take th ...

It’s sandal weather, the pool and beach beckon — and that means naked, exposed toes. That thought fills millions of Americans wit ...

It’s a perpetual battleground in the war between the sexes.  Elisabeth Perez-Luna brings back dispatches from the frontlines. ...

An in-depth look at the making of the film, its impact, and the distance traveled in fighting HIV and AIDS. Twenty years ago this ...