Health

Looking for opportunities for volunteering? Philadelphia has plenty. Read on for local groups where people of all ages — especially kids and teens — can make a difference over (and beyond) summer break

There are signs, and you can learn to see them. A Philly children’s advocate urges all of us to get trained and intervene this summer.

So why, WURD’s midday host wonders, won’t it do so? Here, some proven ways to combat the scourge of shootings in Philly

The Philly wearable device innovator is now answering the call to keep healthcare workers safer, too

The president of Asociación Puertorriqueños en Marcha challenges local partners to join their efforts to address escalating depression and anxiety in Philly’s marginalized neighborhoods

Founded by women, Philly-based Black Men Heal is helping to address the emotional pain of African American men around the country

Over 100,000 Americans suffer from sickle cell disease, most of them African American. A local state rep urges federal health authorities to do more to help

The Citizen’s co-founder seeks to answer that question by bringing together 20 local leaders to solve one of Philly’s most pressing issues: Health disparity

Black women made up 43 percent of births in Philly but 73 percent of pregnancy-related deaths from 2013 to 2018. We must, the Science Center’s CEO urges, commit more resources in maternal health — and the leaders close to the cause

Will the pandemic be a wake-up call about the weaknesses in emergency care? Or will it be a death blow? The answer is in what we do next.