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It's designed by a Philadelphia non-profit.
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It's designed by a Philadelphia non-profit.
The positive test was in the Phoenixville area, part of a regular surveillance program that's been in place for years, where traps are set to collect mosquitoes to scan for West Nile Virus. Richard Johnson with the Chester County Health Department says the positive test is not reason for alarm, but is reason for further testing.
A concert tomorrow afternoon in University City will try to raise awareness and educate youth about HIV/AIDS by giving away free tickets to anyone who takes an HIV test.
The space agency set up shop today at the Franklin Institute, aiming to educate the public about research aboard the International Space Station and how it benefits us back here on Earth.
Some mutilated children who had been victimized in their home country of Tanzania are now in Philadelphia, receiving treatment for their horrific injuries.
Researchers from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine surveyed more than 100 people and found only 43 percent understood the definition of "sun protection factor," or SPF.
Imagine being treated for a devastating condition that you don't have. It happens more often than you think. CBS 3 health reporter Stephanie Stahl has the exclusive story of how it happened to a woman in Bucks County.
It appears the baby recession really is over: Preliminary figures show U.S. births were up last year for the first time in seven years.
Researchers are testing a possible breakthrough in the treatment of type 1 diabetes. An inexpensive generic vaccine has shown promise, giving longtime patients new hope.
The number of Philadelphia women dying within one year of giving birth is growing and a maternal mortality report issued by the Philadelphia Heath Department shows a lack of health care isn't the problem.
Culinary literacy took center stage at the Free Library of Philadelphia Tuesday night.
The Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday the heart clogging fats will be eliminated from the food supply.
Researchers found that while about 15 percent of all children in Pennsylvania covered by Medicaid receive psychotropic drugs -- drugs that work on their brains -- about 45 percent of those in foster care do.
Volunteers helped aging drivers review their driving issues, polish their skills, and learn techniques for adapting to declining abilities.
The Obama administration has given conditional approval for Pennsylvania to set up a health care marketplace in the event that the US Supreme Court upends the federal health care law.
