Public Health

Last week, Philadelphia Energy Solutions announced it would close its South Philadelphia oil refinery following a nearly catastrophic fire. What's next for the site?

A dozen wells in Sellersville, Bucks County, are tainted with the toxic chemicals. Homeowners are getting water deliveries while the DEP finds a solution.

Income inequality has grown over the last several decades in the U.S. And as the gap between rich and poor yawns, so does the gap in their health, according to a new study

The Center City hospital’s chief medical officer said: “We felt this move is in the best interest of patient safety.”

Some of Philadelphia’s most desirable neighborhoods come with a risk of increased exposure to auto-related air pollution.

Philadelphia Energy Solutions said Saturday that workers are trying to isolate the remaining line, but access is limited.

Mayor Jim Kenney has convened a working group to examine safety and air quality protocols at the South Philadelphia refinery rocked by a massive explosion on Friday.

Residents in Eastwick live next to the single largest generator of particulate emission air pollution in Philadelphia.

Being aware of noise in your child’s environment is important for hearing and cognitive development, studies show. Apps can help identify quiet spaces.

In the same way your voice is louder in a smaller room, sounds are amplified in a child’s smaller ear, says a Children’s Hospital audiologist.

Deaths connected to suicide, drugs, and alcohol are soaring among millennials nationwide, and hitting Pennsylvania especially hard.

A Senate bill would phase out the foams on military installations by the end of 2023, but a House proposal wouldn’t do so until 2029.

A bill requiring all Philly rental units built before 1978 to be free of lead was up for a final vote — until it’s sponsor suddenly pulled it from the agenda.

The FDA tested 91 meat, dairy, grain, and produce samples, and found PFAS in 10 of them.

Efforts to limit opioid prescriptions are leading some patients to use more dangerous drugs.