Public Health

Residents of Philly’s Port Richmond section experienced what city officials called an “air quality emergency” Thursday due to smoke from a junkyard fire.

The percentage of Americans who consider themselves "pro-choice" has risen in the past year to 55%, its highest level in decades, according to a Gallup poll released Thursday.

The Food and Drug Administration’s outside panel of advisers will meet on June 14-15 to evaluate the Pfizer and Moderna shots for younger kids.

Pennsylvania’s first case of the monkeypox virus has been reported in Philadelphia based on preliminary testing.

America is awash with guns but unable to pass policies that make citizens safer. How are beliefs about guns and the Second Amendment derailing the gun safety conversation?

The Justice Department argues that the order issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in early 2021 "falls easily within the CDC's statutory authority."

The monkeypox outbreak may feel familiar to COVID-19, but infectious disease experts say we have the tools and knowledge to stop the spread.

In the last seven years, the number of medical respite homes has more than doubled, driven by multiple factors.

Parents are scrambling to find baby formula. Factories are working around the clock to make more. And military cargo planes are airlifting formula from overseas.

The FDA and other agencies are investigating a hepatitis A outbreak in the U.S. and Canada potentially linked to organic fresh strawberries.

The effort is designed to concentrate on those in areas suffering disproportionately from COVID or people at high risk of transmitting COVID.

Back in 1988, scientists in London almost seem to have had a crystal ball.

Federal regulators have also sent clearer guidance to physicians to help them determine how to manage Paxlovid’s interactions with other drugs.

A large body of research shows being denied an abortion limits a person's education, time in the workforce and wages.

Party on, Philadelphia? The Health Department knows people aren’t going to stop gathering, so there’s an online application to help make it safer.