Health

Doctors have to make life and death decisions for patients with severe brain injuries, but they can’t always agree about the potential for recovery.

Separately, more states and cities also are requiring paid sick days, which give people time off to deal with short-term illnesses like the flu.

A look back at the Terri Schiavo case, and what it revealed about the mysteries of consciousness.

A Delaware County judge ruled in favor of a civil lawsuit seeking to block the Foundation of Delaware County from giving money to Crozer’s parent company.

A new Spanish-speaking CPR training kiosk provides life-saving information to Latino communities.

Take precautions around sick or dead wild birds, experts recommend. But you can keep your bird feeder up.

Philly’s community mobile crisis response teams are requesting more funding to meet demand.

Proposed legislation in New Jersey would require insurance companies to pay for menopause treatment and raise awareness about it.

Live poultry markets in New Jersey where bird flu was found have reopened after being disinfected. Cat owners get an avian influenza warning.

The Philadelphia Department of Public Health has identified at least one local case of measles, unrelated to the recent case in Montgomery County.

They're pushing for more funding to find effective treatments. Researchers are finally starting to make headway but have a way to go.

About 20% of people in Pennsylvania and Delaware are 65 or older, a traditional age for people to leave the workforce and retire.

The Foundation for Delaware County will provide an undisclosed amount of funding to keep Crozer-Chester Medical Center and Taylor Hospital operational in the short term.

At 21, Carla Papas was excited to get a new nose — instead, she ended up with medical bills, trouble breathing, and crippling insecurity.

Patients with skin conditions have long known their skin can affect their mental health and vice versa. More clinicians are exploring that.