Public Health

The state has launched an online tracker to provide details about the spread of the flu.

Children under 5 years old are the last remaining group of people who are not yet eligible for COVID-19 bivalent vaccines.

State health officials say the number of flu cases have soared dramatically and are offering an online tracker to provide the most accurate data on flu activity.

Two new omicron subvariants have become dominant in the United States, raising fears they could fuel yet another surge of COVID-19 infections.

The new state directive lowers the threshold for shutoff from 15 to 7.5 parts per billion. A legislative virtual forum on the issue will be held Monday night.

The bill is designed to protect the right to abortion and guard against discrimination based on pregnancy, among other things.

Newtown residents voted in support of raising property taxes by .5 mills on Tuesday’s ballot.

The new contract deal averts a strike for about 2,500 hospital employees who have been working without a contract since Sept. 30.

The Jefferson University Center for Immersive Arts for Health is using a gallery exhibition to experiment with ways art can improve medical appointments.

Philadelphia is the latest in a national trend of lawsuits accusing chemical companies of contaminating water supplies with long-lasting toxic chemicals.

Doctors say they are seeing an unprecedented number of cases. How concerned should parents be? Why are young children so vulnerable? What's causing this year's outbreak?

The open enrollment period for health insurance coverage in 2023 through the Affordable Care Act begins Nov. 1 and ends in January.

A Drexel University study finds that Philly’s bike share is seeing a growth in first-time members.

National Prescription Drug Take Back Day was launched a decade ago to address rising rates of addiction and overdoses linked to prescription opioids.

Despite an overall decline in cases, higher lead exposures continue to be concentrated in neighborhoods such as Strawberry Mansion, Brewerytown, Germantown, and Cobbs Creek.