Public Health

According to the surgeon general’s 2023 report on loneliness, a lack of social connection is as dangerous as smoking 15 cigarettes a day.

Grab n’ Flow provides free, anonymous access to menstrual and postpartum products at three locations in South and West Philadelphia.

A look at the growing health challenges affecting farmers and people who produce our food.

Recent federal data shows COVID-19 is trending up in most states, with emergency department visits up among people of all ages.

Housing instability is driving ER visits and chronic illness. South Jersey health systems are stepping in with housing support and policy partnerships.

An extreme June heat wave that prompted a heat health emergency declaration killed five people in the city and had been made four times more likely by climate change.

The disease is a type of pneumonia caused by Legionella bacteria, which grow in warm water and spread in building water systems.

Firefighting foam containing toxic PFAS chemicals has contaminated drinking water supplies across the U.S.

Much of the public health agency's $9 billion budget had been in limbo but funds are finally flowing, according to CDC staffers.

Community-led diabetes programs in Cumberland County are closing gaps in care for Latino residents with education, support and prevention.

Some medicines affect your ability to sweat, stay hydrated, or even to notice if you're overheating. Doctors say keep taking them, but make sure to keep yourself cool.

Crozer Health’s shutdown is affecting everyone from Delaware County’s working-class neighborhoods near the riverfront all the way to the Main Line.

The city must create a new permit system before it can enforce where and when service providers can offer addiction and homelessness outreach in Kensington.

Three nonprofits hope to force the federal government to regulate hydrogen fluoride more strictly. The chemical is still used at a Delaware County refinery.

Though states typically operate lead paint programs, the EPA is responsible for overseeing the implementation, a report says.