Health

The Northeast Public Health Collaborative has formed working groups to identify opportunities for states to share emergency public health planning and response resources.

A look at some of the recently discovered factors that shape health, disease, and survival.

The Pan-African Sisterhood Health Initiative, or P.A.S.H.I., meets every Wednesday to create reusable pads that are distributed internationally.

A growing body of research has shown that microdoses of psilocybin could be an effective tool for treating mental health illnesses.

The Young Adult Cancer Program helps address issues like fertility, relationships and finances for a group increasingly at risk.

The 2025 U.S. Asthma Capitals report identifies cities with high rates of asthma-related emergency room visits and deaths.

Mehmet Oz, the administrator of Medicare and Medicaid, has sole discretion as to the distribution of the federal funds.

The governor’s move aims to override the FDA’s action to restrict shots to people 65 or older and others with serious health issues.

Costs to Delaware patients and health insurers for GLP-1 drugs have remained flat while utilization has more than doubled in recent years.

A celebration of muscles — from their beauty and biology, to the history of how weightlifting went mainstream.

Prospect Medical Holdings closed Taylor Hospital in April. The former Crozer Health hospital now has a new owner.

New results from a clinical trial show that existing drugs can successfully kill dormant breast cancer cells, thereby reducing lifetime risk of recurrence.

Older adult volunteers at Lutheran Settlement House make up more than half of all volunteer hours across the organization.

Pennsylvania pharmacies can now refer to major medical organizations for COVID-19 vaccine recommendations in the absence of CDC guidance.

Legionnaires’ disease was named after a large outbreak in Philadelphia sickened hundreds of American Legion veterans in the summer of 1976.