Public Health

More than half of suspected overdose deaths are occurring in the southernmost part of the county, and health officials warn it might be due to fentanyl-laced heroin.

New analyses show it's likely more people than previously reported have been exposed to PFAs

In the U.S., children under the age of 18 are legally barred from purchasing cigarettes or other tobacco products. But they are allowed to harvest tobacco on farms.

Justice Department officials offered a statement late last year saying health workers at a supervised injection site would be vulnerable to criminal charges.

Schenck now sees abortion as a moral and ethical issue that should be resolved by "an individual and his or her conscience" — rather than by legislation.

What would the U.S. look like without Roe v. Wade, the 1973 case that legalized abortion nationwide?

Vancouver is home to North America’s first, public supervised injection facility — and an explosion of spin-offs designed to prevent overdose deaths.

Such a judge, she said, "would not be acceptable to me because that would indicate an activist agenda."

Since brand-name Truvada was approved for HIV prevention six years ago, its average wholesale price has increased by about 45 percent.

Philly is experiencing a weeklong heat wave with temperatures reaching above 90 degrees through Friday.

It follows similar bans recently passed in Arizona and Michigan.

Public sector unions react to the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that ...

In Philadelphia, not having a safe, stable place to live prevents parents whose children have been placed in foster care from regaining custody 40 percent of the time.

In Pa., legislation passed the state House of Representatives earlier this month that would make it easier for people with intellectual disabilities to testify in court.

Since the state established a lead abatement program in 2004, more than $50 million has been diverted from its fund toward other uses.