Public Health

In Chicago, one doctor traces the health disparities between white and black residents to the neighborhoods where they live.

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Sponsor of measure says menthol cigarettes are heavily marketed in black communities, targeting African-American men.

What best explains Trump's bizarre love affair with coal?

A Bucks County prison inmate died in custody, fueling concerns about how corrections authorities handle inmates with addiction issues.

The FDA doesn't have to follow the advisory panel's advice but usually does.

Officials are urging anyone who is feeling well to consider donating blood to prevent the shortage from getting worse.

New research from Penn State finds as incomes dropped and unemployment rose, communities suffered higher rates of opioid-related deaths.

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When it comes to lowering the mortality rate, the U.S. is behind other developed countries like Canada, Norway, the U.K., and Australia.

It's the only early Headstart program in the nation to enroll students directly from local county welfare offices.

Delaware Attorney General Matt Denn filed a lawsuit against drug manufacturers Purdue Pharma and Endo Pharmaceuticals. CVS and Walgreens are also named as defendants.

Arline Geronimus coined the term 'weathering' to describe how health problems of marginalized people can be caused by stresses of their daily life.

In the wake of the emergency declaration, harm reduction leaders are calling on Gov. Wolf to make needle exchanges legal in Pennsylvania.

More than 3.4 million Pennsylvanians are supplied by drinking water containing radium that exceeds a strict California standard, which advocates say should replace a looser fe