Public Health

Sharps deposit boxes are Philadelphia’s newest tool in its four-week-old recovery campaign for opioid-plagued Kensington.

New quality measures are shining a light on troubled nursing homes covered by Medicare and Medicaid.

The teams will assess infection prevention practices and deploy beginning in November, according to Health Commissioner Dr. Shereef Elnahal.

Health officials said they have teams at the facility monitoring the infection, and the center has closed to new patients.

Rural Americans willing to allow people from outside their communities to help with the opioid epidemic.

Minnesota’s top law enforcement official has sued two New Jersey pharmaceutical giants for “deceptive, misleading, and misrepresentative” price hikes on insulin.

The state is one of the last to move away from a 1970s standard that said someone had to be a “clear and present danger.” But the shift is controversial.

Ovarian cancer is the eighth leading cause of cancer in women, according to the World Health Organization.

Warming temperatures worsen ozone pollution. Excess carbon dioxide (a greenhouse gas) causes plants to grow faster and release more pollen — extending the “allergy” season.

Gov. Tom Wolf has said he will sign the bill into law.

Money will go to efforts in 14 Pa. counties.

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Many flu-related deaths are caused not by the flu itself but by secondary infections and complications.

With poverty and stress driving up high blood pressure in communities of color, will it help to cut sodium in Chinese food? Health officials say it’s a worthy effort.

A Harvard researcher is sending up red flags about a popular class of supplements, some of which contain amphetamine-like drugs.