When one spouse changes gender, can the marriage be saved?

Rising healthcare costs are upending the lives of Americans. People are forgoing insurance, rationing medications, and putting off procedures. Bringing the costs down won’t be easy.

The John Scott Award recognized three scientists with Pennsylvania roots: Penn State professor Nina Jablonski, Temple professor Magid Abou-Gharbia, and Eli Lilly executive Daniel Skovronsky.

The Penn faculty members' expertise ranges from veterinary medicine to reproductive health. Election to the National Academy of Medicine is considered one of the highest honors in the field.

The Philadelphia Food as Medicine Coalition will officially launch on Tuesday at its first Food First Health Summit in Center City. It will promote the role of nutrition in health.

More than half of the world’s population was exposed to very high or extremely high levels of ground-level ozone pollution, or smog, between January and September, according to a report.

State health officials wanted to educate the Amish community about the measles vaccine and deliver shots to their doorstep. To do it, they ditched traditional public health models.

About 20 countries are looking to ban minors from social media. But bans have not always worked as planned. Here are some other ideas to make platforms safer for kids.

The four-acre Franklin Slag Pile Superfund site contains a pile containing 68,000 cubic yards of covered slag.

The Chariot Allaire CEO emphasized in a town hall Wednesday that the partnership still wants to restore healthcare services in Delaware County but needs other organizations willing to operate there.

Rather than just managing symptoms, the Smilow Center for Precision Therapeutics aims to treat the underlying causes of heart disease, and eventually work toward cures.

The health department says the treatment is unproven, but studies in other cities have had promising results.

Two-thirds of measles cases in Pennsylvania have been among adults, a mirror opposite of how measles has typically spread. The state has the worst outbreak in the nation.

As we wish Pope Leo well, let’s think about the patients whose diagnoses will never make the news. Practical support should be part of how we care for people with lung cancer, writes John Matthews.

A study found a link between levels of fluorine, a marker for forever chemicals in the body, and the use of some dental flosses. More states are moving to regulate the chemicals.

He treated thousands of patients, including three generations of several families, and had offices in Philadelphia and South Jersey.

Hurts will probably need to be on blood thinners for at least three months, local experts say. People on these medicines generally cannot play contact sports because the risk of bleeding is high.

A patient who suddenly was experiencing new chest pain symptoms faced a three-month wait for an appointment. A primary-care doctor was able to arrange a next-day visit.

In hard-hit Mifflin County, concern for the potentially deadly virus has yet to catch up to national alarm.

As measles rises again, parents are concerned about their babies, who have been considered too young for their first dose of vaccine against measles, mumps, and rubella. Is there help available?

The Sixers surrendered a 15-point halftime lead and were outscored 36-13 in the third quarter, but Tyrese Maxey's big fourth quarter helped surged them to a win after a topsy-turvy second half.

DeVonté Douglass in 2021 was fired from his role in the district attorney’s office and pleaded guilty to a prostitution-related misdemeanor after fatally shooting a sex worker in self-defense.

The 62-year-old man was found unresponsive on the front yard of his home on the 5400 block of Harbison Avenue. He died a short time later.

Edge rusher Jonathan Greenard countered that the players were to blame for the lackluster outing.

Carter, who is not used to losing given his success with the Eagles and the Georgia Bulldogs, says he has not played to "my expectations."

Jason, and his younger brother, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, broke down the Eagles' latest loss as well as other storylines around the NFL.