Public Health

If you’re planning to make a resolution or two this new year, here are some tips on how to make it stick past January.

Ageism — discrimination and prejudice based on someone's age — is so ingrained in society that most of us don't notice it.

Cats seem more susceptible than dogs to the bird flu virus.

Philadelphia’s first female battalion chief, Linda Long, retired in 2023 after being diagnosed with brain cancer. She thinks it’s linked to years of toxic exposures.

Unlike psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, Amanita muscaria isn't listed as a controlled substance.

Independence Blue Cross joins other insurance companies in restricting coverage of Wegovy and Ozempic to Type 2 diabetes and heart disease.

Long studied in oceans, waterways and marine life, researchers have now shifted focus to human health.

From addiction treatment to toy robot ambulances, here's how state and local governments used billions in opioid settlement funds in 2022 and 2023.

CDC researchers detected several types of PFAS in outdoor and indoor air, as well as in household dust found on surfaces and in vacuum cleaners.

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This comes after a similar law went into effect in New York — the first in the country.

A Dec. 2 report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds that in the U.S., for example, just under 20% of eligible people have gotten the updated vaccine.

A Trenton Water Works inspector submitted phony water quality reports for five N.J. towns over a 14-month period.

Proposed legislation would restrict mobile providers from operating on residential streets, near schools and recreation centers and in other public areas of Kensington.

The cucumber outbreak sickened 68 people, including 18 who were hospitalized, in 19 states, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday.