Public Health

An extreme June heat wave that prompted a heat health emergency declaration killed five people in the city and had been made four times more likely by climate change.

The disease is a type of pneumonia caused by Legionella bacteria, which grow in warm water and spread in building water systems.

Firefighting foam containing toxic PFAS chemicals has contaminated drinking water supplies across the U.S.

Much of the public health agency's $9 billion budget had been in limbo but funds are finally flowing, according to CDC staffers.

Community-led diabetes programs in Cumberland County are closing gaps in care for Latino residents with education, support and prevention.

Some medicines affect your ability to sweat, stay hydrated, or even to notice if you're overheating. Doctors say keep taking them, but make sure to keep yourself cool.

Crozer Health’s shutdown is affecting everyone from Delaware County’s working-class neighborhoods near the riverfront all the way to the Main Line.

The city must create a new permit system before it can enforce where and when service providers can offer addiction and homelessness outreach in Kensington.

Three nonprofits hope to force the federal government to regulate hydrogen fluoride more strictly. The chemical is still used at a Delaware County refinery.

Though states typically operate lead paint programs, the EPA is responsible for overseeing the implementation, a report says.

A recent CHOP study shows mortality rates and chronic conditions have increased for young kids - obesity, sleep disturbances, pain, mental health issues, even early puberty.

The settlement brings the total recovered in the 2016 class action suit to more than $90 million. Three other companies settled for more than $65 million in 2021.

The symptoms can include nerve pain, emotional numbness and sexual dysfunction and can last for years after stopping the drugs.

A marathon negotiation session between the city of Philadelphia and its blue collar workers' union Tuesday has resulted in a tentative contract agreement.

The highest concentrations of PFAS were detected in Southeastern Pennsylvania.