Emergency department visits for tick bites are at the highest levels seen in nearly a decade, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says, and Pennsylvania and New Jersey are …

Thanks to advances in treatment, many types of cancer diagnoses are less daunting than they once were. Still, they can be jarring, especially for people who didn’t consider themselves to …

The Philadelphia region is home to more than 70,000 nurses — that’s more than all but three other metropolitan areas in the United States. Those nurses play an integral role …

Dr. Cerina Wanzer Fairfax was an accomplished dentist and a loving mom to two teenage children. On April 16 she was killed by her estranged husband, former Virginia Lt. Gov. …

In the last months, weeks, and days of his life, "I will not go to the emergency room" became my husband's mantra. Andrej had esophageal cancer that had spread throughout …

More aggressive measures are needed to combat the rise of drug-resistant fungal infections in health care facilities, public health officials say. An advisory issued earlier this month by the Philadelphia …

Suicide rates dropped more than expected among teenagers and young adults following the launch of the 988 crisis hotline, new research shows. The rates were 11% lower than expected among …

Medical marijuana will no longer be listed in the same class as heroin and other drugs with a high potential for abuse, the justice department said Thursday. The reclassification of …