Public Health

Officials say the city’s tap water is safe to drink until at least 11:59 p.m. Wednesday. They expect the contamination to clear by Thursday.

City officials haven’t announced any contamination, but say residents may want to switch to bottled water for drinking and cooking.

Officials say the new timeline is based on how long it will take river water to reach customers after entering a Northeast Philly treatment plant.

The DEA warns that xylazine-fentanyl mixtures are exacerbating the deadly consequences of the opioid crisis.

Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital notified the county as well as Clifton Heights, Folcroft, and Lansdowne of potential cuts to their emergency medical services.

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration issued an alert Monday warning of a "sharp increase in the trafficking of fentanyl mixed with xylazine."

Cases of the fungus that did not respond to antifungal medicine tripled in 2021. It can be deadly, but does not seem to have adverse effects on healthy people.

The Philly Joy Bank is modeled after similar programs in Canada and San Francisco that offer guaranteed cash income to pregnant residents.

With a pandemic-era rule expiring this month, people on Medicaid will have to re-qualify to keep their coverage.

If you think you're too young to get colorectal cancer, consider this: About 20,000 people in the U.S. under the age of 50 will be diagnosed this year.

Operated by Temple Dental School, the practice aims to increase access to quality care in an area of Philly that has long needed it.

A resolution approved in the Delaware House aims to start the process of replacing the toxic foam with an unnamed alternative.

Djokovic is a foreign citizen who is not vaccinated against COVID-19. Government rules still prevent him from entering the country.

Hepatitis C kills more than 400 people in Pennsylvania every year, despite it being a curable infectious disease.

The four-hospital system in Delaware County is in worsening financial shape and has been struggling to pay its bills and contractors.