Delaware Valley Bracing For Upsurge In Mosquito Population
Weather experts say June was the wettest month on record for the Philadelphia region, and that could translate into a bad mosquito season later on this summer.
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Weather experts say June was the wettest month on record for the Philadelphia region, and that could translate into a bad mosquito season later on this summer.
Birth control is treated as a preventive health service under the Affordable Care Act. But Pennsylvania governor Tom Corbett just signed a state budget that denies abortion coverage to anyone who participates in health exchanges.
The family of the 10-year-old Newtown Square girl who received two lung transplants in June shared some good news Thursday.
The state Senate inserted Medicaid expansion language into the state welfare code, part of the package of bills to enact the budget, but the House removed it.
While business groups are applauding the White House for pulling back on the employer mandate, health care advocates have mixed feelings.
They've been on the market for years, but as Health Watch reporter Stephanie Stahl show us, this is the first time tobacco companies are getting in the game.
The 10-year-old Delaware County girl who had two lung transplants in the last month underwent another surgery Tuesday.
There's been a dramatic increase in the number of women dying from prescription drug overdoses.
Long John Silver's "Big Catch" took the dubious honor, according to the Center for Science in the Public Interest.
As of July 1, 2013, two major hospitals under the University of Pennsylvania Health System will cease hiring smokers.
The state senate favors expanding Medicaid, as provided for under the Affordable Care Act, while House Republicans do not.
Rowan president Ali Houshmand says his goal is to double enrollment over the next ten years while increasing the school's budget, endowment, and research grant funding.
Officials are working to build awareness now, but fines could eventually be levied.
A Russian-American journalist who wrote a ground-breaking book on the breast-cancer gene mutation that afflicted Angelina Jolie now finds herself back on the talk show circuit.
Dr. Christopher Brady says eyes are subjected to many more hazards in the summertime.
