Doctors remind parents to get children's eyes checked before school starts
Ahead of the new school year, pediatric ophthalmologists are reminding parents to get children's eyes checked before they go back to the classroom.
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Ahead of the new school year, pediatric ophthalmologists are reminding parents to get children's eyes checked before they go back to the classroom.
Students will relocate to Austin Meehan for the start of the school year.
Researchers at Temple Health in Philadelphia are working on promising treatments that could bring new hope to ALS patients. Health reporter Stephanie Stahl has the story.
Scientists are testing a new kind of gene editing in beagles that would prevent them from causing some allergic reactions in humans.
History is the backbone of a new back-to-school vaccine campaign in Camden, N.J., launched by Grandparents for Vaccines.
A Philadelphia woman contacted consumer reporter Josh Sidorowicz after failing to include an important document for Medicare enrollment.
Qdoba and Chipotle have removed some jalapeños from their restaurants amid a salmonella outbreak that has affected 27 states so far. Chipotle said it is getting peppers from different growers now.
At least 345 people — the majority in Colorado and Minnesota — have been sickened by a salmonella outbreak, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Cyclospora cases have been reported in at least 47 states total this year, and investigators have continued to probe how many could be linked to a common contaminated source.
Dr. David Hartman, the first blind student to graduate from medical school, said he's grateful Temple University gave him a chance decades ago. Being a good listener was an asset in his chosen field of psychiatry.
Measles cases have spread to the Lehigh Valley in Pennsylvania, as a big jump in outbreaks is happening in other parts of the state.
Dozens of cyclosporiasis cases have been reported in Pennsylvania as the outbreak grows, according to the state health department. Health reporter Stephanie Stahl has the latest information.
Saint Luke's University Health Network says its treating its first case of measles in recent history.
Dr. Anthony Fauci appeared before the Senate to testify on the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic but invoked his Fifth Amendment rights in answering all questions.
Health officials in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, are launching a mobile health clinic to get residents vaccinated against measles as cases rise in the region.
Americans say they aren't convinced the cyclospora outbreak is under control as confirmed cases near 2,000.
The outbreak includes 72 people, but the FDA has not said where those cases are located.
Three hundred installations at the Grounds For Sculpture in Hamilton are combining the restorative powers of being outside with art.
The state has recorded 132 cases so far this year with 20% reported in just the past week.
The Rittenhouse Square dentist whose license was suspended after she allegedly put patients at risk is being allowed to reopen her practice.
A measles outbreak has been declared in Delaware after two more positive cases were reported, health officials said Wednesday. CBS News Philadelphia health reporter Stephanie Stahl reports.
The second patient is an unvaccinated adult man in Kent County
A family in Australia is celebrating the birth of identical quadruplets, the first ever born in the country.
Taylor Farms says lettuce shipped to 27 states including Pennsylvania and New Jersey could be contaminated.
Skies are extremely smoky and hazy in the Philadelphia area Thursday because of wildfire smoke moving into the region from Canada and Minnesota.
