Pennsylvania moves to expand limits on opioid prescriptions
Legislation to further clamp down on powerful painkiller prescriptions in Pennsylvania has the state Senate's approval, although Democrats tried unsuccessfully to put limits on an exception for major surgery.
Maine becomes 8th state to legalize assisted suicide
Maine legalized medically assisted suicide on Wednesday, becoming the eighth state to allow terminally ill people to end their lives with prescribed medication.
Pa. Senate backs bill to expand role of nurse practitioners
Pennsylvania's Senate is advancing legislation that backers say will help make health care more available through nurses, and less expensive.
Pennsylvania nursing homes get bad marks from national group
Pennsylvania nursing homes have received a failing grade from a national advocacy group.
Study sees large gaps in access to opioid antidote in Philly
An opioid overdose antidote spray was not in stock in most Philadelphia pharmacies during a 2017 survey, and the shortage was greatest in predominantly minority neighborhoods and areas with the most fatal opioid overdoses, according to a study released Friday.
California lawmakers agree to health benefits for immigrants
California will become the first state to pay for some adults living in the country illegally to have full health benefits as the solidly liberal bastion continues to resist the policies of Republican President Donald Trump's administration.
Oakland becomes 2nd US city to legalize magic mushrooms
Oakland on Tuesday became the second U.S. city to decriminalize magic mushrooms after a string of speakers testified that psychedelics helped them overcome depression, drug addiction and post-traumatic stress disorder.
Doctor charged with 25 counts of murder in painkiller overdose deaths
A critical care doctor who is already accused of ordering painkiller overdoses for dozens of Ohio hospital patients has been charged with murder in 25 patient deaths, authorities said Wednesday.
Pennsylvania moves to take over health insurance exchange
Pennsylvania says it can cut health insurance costs by taking over the online exchange that's been operated by the federal government for individual Affordable Care Act policies since it began in 2014.
Researchers pose as heroin users to find treatment gaps
Posing as heroin users seeking help, researchers contacted hundreds of treatment clinics in U.S. states with the highest overdose death rates. The "secret shoppers" were denied appointments much of the time, especially if they said they were insured through Medicaid.
US aims to help more cancer patients try experimental drugs
Sally Atwater's doctor spent two months on calls, messages and paperwork to get her an experimental drug he thinks can fight the lung cancer that has spread to her brain and spine.
CVS announces further expansion into health care services
CVS Health is pushing deeper into health services with plans to add dietitians, medical equipment and space for the occasional yoga class to 1,500 stores over the next few years.
92-year-old nurse still in the workforce, has no plans to retire
People typically leave the workforce around their 70s or so, but one Valley woman has far surpassed that. She's in her 90s and still works as a nurse.
'Never give up': Man graduates from NYU nursing school after first working there as a janitor
Frank Baez began working as a janitor at New York University’s Tisch Hospital when he was a teenager. Now he’s graduating from the school’s nursing program
13th annual patient prom held at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Red carpet ready and dressed in their best, they’re some of the cutest faces you’ll ever see having a night they deserve.
Minorities more likely to be die from pregnancy related deaths
Most of these deaths are preventable.