Public Health

Three-quarters of Americans think the Supreme Court should not overturn the Roe v. Wade ruling that made abortion legal nationwide, a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds.

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Delaware is one of two states selected to partner with the Pew Charitable Trusts to focus on improving Delaware’s behavioral health system.

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Most hospital drug tests do not test for fentanyl — the cheaper, more powerful, synthetic opioid whose presence has increased in Philadelphia's illegal drug supply.

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.