Public Health

Water shortages forced Big Spring, Texas to begin reusing its wastewater five years ago, but not all locals are on board.

Most of us take our drinking water for granted — switch on the tap, and out it flows. But in much of the world, that’s not the case. ...

Blood tests for more than 230 residents of Bucks and Montgomery counties have come back showing high levels of a class of toxic chemicals known as PFAS.

The meeting will be held Friday, November 30 at 9am the Rachel Carson State Office Building in Harrisburg and will also be live-streamed online.

Years of separation, a history of grief and trauma, and the stresses of suddenly having to adapt to a new culture often get in the way.

The rate of unmarried white females having babies nearly tripled between 1980 and 2016, rising from 10 percent to almost 30 percent.

A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests the answer should be yes

Narcan is heralded as one of the most important weapons to fight the opioid epidemic. But on the ground, the decision whether or not to use Narcan is a bit more complicated.

The Water Department also found notable disparities in race and education level.

Food security isn't the only pressing issue.

Miguel Sanders stopped in his tracks. Towards the tail end of the morning rush on Thursday, dozens of volunteers swarmed the busy ...

The DRC's government reports that burial teams, health workers and responders are being threatened as often as three or four times a week.

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.