Public Health

For many of the more than 120,000 Puerto Rican Philadelphians, it's been a difficult week as they've been unable to get in touch with their relatives after Hurricane Maria.

Three firefighters killed in the line of duty were honored in Wilmington Monday.

Nationally, the number of babies suffering from neonatal abstinence syndrome is up fivefold since 2000.

Last week, Senator Bernie Sanders unveiled his new single-payer health care plan, which one-third of Senate Democrats have endorsed. ...

Of the more than 930 people who died of an overdose in Philadelphia last year, a third had been through jail.

Gov. Chris Christie is detailing his plan to shift $200 million from New Jersey’s budget for new initiatives to combat the opioid c ...

Across the country, alcohol use — and misuse — have gone up among older adults, researchers say. The new study in JAMA Psychia ...

There must be an answer. Whatever is harming U.S. diplomats in Havana, it’s eluded the doctors, scientists and intelligence ...

The City of Philadelphia is holding several free ...

President Donald Trump campaigned on lifting the United States from the depths of the opioid epidemic. Amid criticism that his adm ...

A researcher at the University of Pennsylvania says one of the big narratives explaining the onset of  the opioid crisis is wrong.&n ...

Deborah Fuller is nervous. The Camden County, New Jersey, resident is going before Congress next week to testify at a hearing on the role ...

The Trump Administration is drastically reducing funding for Affordable Care Act outreach. The budget for the navigator program ...

Nearly 400 schools reported finding lead in at least one drinking-water outlet in their buildings, according to data compiled by the stat ...

Medical students learn trans care in the classroom and the exam room. Bianca Leigh is playing a character named Tia Lopez. ...