Public Health

Early in the pandemic, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a Stanford health researcher, argued against lockdowns and focusing on people at highest risk.

Testing samples will be taken about every two weeks from tankers that are transporting dairy farm milk to processing plants.

The bird flu virus continues to spread around the world, including in mammals like cows. Scientists are worried it could become a human virus.

The Office of Medical Marijuana approved the site off a rural highway in southern Delaware, but the plan got derailed by county law that advocates call a “total ban.”

Homeowners are not required to inspect their septic systems until they sell their home, meaning deteriorating systems could go unnoticed.

Oz unsuccessfully ran for Senate in Pennsylvania as a Republican in 2022 and as a an outspoken supporter of Trump.

Why has Trump's presumptive HHS nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s message on vaccines, pharmaceuticals and ultraprocessed foods resonated with so many Americans?

Protect yourself from respiratory viruses, foodborne illnesses and accidents, and find support for mental and behavioral health conditions.

Here's a look at Kennedy and the agency he'll be tasked with leading.

Anti-abortion advocates are pressing Trump for more restrictions on abortion pills.

Ongoing drought conditions have led to increased fire risk in the Philly region.

Health providers and legal experts say changes to federal funding, insurance coverage and federal law during Trump’s first presidency could foretell what’s to come.

The powerful animal tranquilizer has started appearing in the illicit heroin and fentanyl market in recent years.

Care providers recently wrote about the clinic as a model for how academic health systems can partner with community health organizations.

The cuts to behavioral health care at the 178-bed hospital is a major blow to Delaware County and Southwest Philadelphia.