Public Health

High temperatures and humidity are expected to create dangerous conditions in Philadelphia on Monday and Tuesday.

The risk of contracting monkeypox is still low in the U.S., but colleges are already seeing cases.

For decades, PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) have tainted the water, air, and soil — in the Delaware Valley region and across the country.

Indiana lawmakers approved the near-total abortion ban with some exceptions, including in cases of rape, incest, and to protect the life and physical health of the mother.

Delaware environmental officials have lifted an advisory against spending a long time in the water in portions of Rehoboth, Dewey, and Bethany beaches.

The decisive vote against curbing abortion rights in a deeply conservative state has political strategists in both parties recalibrating their views on the upcoming midterms.

So far more than 6,000 people in the U.S. have been infected.

Even though abortion remains legal in Pennsylvania, the money is designed to support Philadelphians seeking access to an abortion.

The announcement free ups federal funding and resources to fight the virus, which may cause fever, body aches, chills, fatigue and pimple-like bumps.

The symbol of the post-Roe era might not be coat hangers. It may instead be prison bars.

The National Weather Service has issued a Heat Advisory for certain portions of the Philadelphia region from Thursday into Friday evening.

Festivals are allowing lifesaving meds as fentanyl deaths rise, but volunteers are often left to distribute it, and more controversial forms of harm reduction aren't allowed.

Monkeypox cases in the U.S. tripled in July. We'll discuss the public health response, if it's enough and talk about the surge in Covid infections.

Kansas was the first state to vote on abortion rights since the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson's Women's Health Organization.

The GOP objections delayed final passage, infuriating veterans groups and advocates, including comedian Jon Stewart.