Public Health

As baby boomers age and the workforce shrinks, there may not be enough people or money to care for all our elders, especially those with medical needs.

Both the House and Senate have stepped up efforts to address the toxic chemicals, which affect communities in Bucks and Montgomery counties and nationwide.

Philly Water Bar will open every Thursday this summer, from noon to 1 p.m., in the courtyard at City Hall.

Murphy administration invests in once-controversial Reach NJ program, but steers clear of Christie-like TV commercials.

He tried to quit weed on his own, and couldn’t

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney urges nonprofit planning supervised injection site to explore other locations in response to pushback from Kensington residents.

Water sources will be tested for PFAS contamination, and sampling will begin of urine, dust, and water from residents whose blood was already tested.

Supervised injection sites operate in Canada, Europe and Australia, but one has never officially opened its doors in the United States.

An Indianapolis-based company has issued a recall for melon products sold in 16 states after being linked to a salmonella outbreak.

The year-long program will focus on sources of likely contamination including military bases and airports.

Tobacco product sellers are targeted in efforts to reduce chronic health conditions under Delaware vote to raises purchase age to 21. Gov. Carney will sign measure into law.

About five to 10 reported cases of the disease continue to come in daily, but that number is slowly decreasing.

Last month, surgeons at Johns Hopkins Hospital made a medical breakthrough when they transplanted a kidney from Nina Martinez, who has HIV, to an HIV-positive person.

Forty percent of Philadelphians — many of them with lower incomes — drink bottled water at home, so a coalition is promoting tap water to residents.

As more states legalize marijuana, some researchers worry about what that might mean for one of the country's biggest public health successes: curbing cigarette smoking.