Public Health

Enduring opioid epidemic, rising cost of prescription drugs and of health care overall are set to remain big issues for patients, providers and state officials.

We asked outspoken doctors and health advocates to give us their Top 7 messages to women for 2020. Here's what they said.

A social impact-minded landlord is offering telemedicine services to tenants in Philadelphia buildings.

Dean Pagan has become a poster child for toxic conditions in Philly schools. But can his family sue the district for damages?

Arcadia University researchers tested snapper soup served at 20 restaurants in Philadelphia and found elevated lead and zinc.

Every day, 130 Americans die from opioid overdoses, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Hunger once seemed like a simple problem. Around the globe, often in low-income countries, many people didn't get enough calories.

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Officials have known for decades about building woes at a Philly H.S. But despite protests and promises, not much has changed.

District and PFT clash over how Carnell situation was handled. Total since September now is six.

Franklin Learning Center is expected to re-open Jan. 2.

Writer Carmen Maria Machado discusses her memoir. "In a Dream House" about her abusive relationship with another woman writer.

They wanted to know: Why is narcotics trafficking and the violence that goes along with it so concentrated and so extreme in this part of the city?

Twelve people overdosed in Berks County over the weekend. Three of them died.

Amid federal inaction, there's no consensus on how much of the PFAS class of chemicals is too much.