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Meet one of the fosters behind the Penn Vet Working Dog Center in Philadelphia.  Ohlin is a beautiful, 16-month-old chocolate ...

Art — Produced by Michael O’Reilly The Wagner Institute of Free Science ha ...

A childhood bout with polio propelled Art Caplan into his career as the nation’s pre-eminent medical ethicist.   First in ...

What if something hailed as a ‘cure for cancer’ got caught up in a legal battle among some of the biggest names in cancer tre ...

Four years after an uproar over revamped mammography guidelines, women’s breast screening choices remain complex.  Back ...

If walls could talk: One building’s story about a crisis that almost wiped out all of Philadelphia. If you’ve flown in ...

A new report from the Natural Resources Defense Council evaluates cities on their support of green infrastructure in the commercial secto ...

In this week’s Patient Files, 25-year-old Scott Clifford talks about living with Osteogenesis Imperfecta, or brittle bone disease. ...

Len Webb learns about an insect’s role in society while snacking on stir-fried crickets in this So, What Do You Do? segment.  ...

The lens of history is needed for fuller perspective on America’s longest military engagement. But the toll taken after a decade of ...

The Scientist’s Kerry Grens tells us about the rotting teeth of hunter-gatherers and new research linking fiber to reduced asthma r ...

A pilot program in Philadelphia is providing patients with the unique care they want when living with a life-threatening illness.  ...

Snow accumulations overnight will present problems for commuters.  Plunging temperatures and single digits within 24 hours and beyon ...

New Jersey must take sea level rise predictions into account when rebuilding after Superstorm Sandy – but how are those predictions ...

N.J. doctor says complete rest for a week or more is the best policy, even if active teens get angry about it. The impact of sport ...