Health

Zapping the brains of people over 60 with a mild electrical current improved a form of memory enough that they performed like people in their 20s, a new study found.

PITTSBURGH (Newsradio 1020 KDKA) - A rabid raccoon was found in Indiana Township, Allegheny County, near the 200 block of Little Deer Creek Road last week. This is the seventh rabid animal, and the fifth raccoon, found in the county this year. A bat and a cat are the other animals. The rabies virus...

PITTSBURGH (Newsradio 1020 KDKA) - Dozens of patients attended an advocacy session Friday sponsored by the Pennsylvania Health Access Network. There, patients hurt by the pending UPMC-Highmark split learned how they will be affected and what they can do about it. There’s not much time until the end...

One local organization is starting an initiative to attract and retain local blood donors

U.S. health officials are investigating whether electronic cigarettes may trigger seizures in some people who use the nicotine-vaping devices.

A new breakthrough in HIV research out of the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health.

Pennsylvania State Senator Daylin Leach no longer wants parents to have the option to not vaccinate their kids for religious or philosophical reasons in the commonwealth.

President Donald Trump is suggesting he will defer until after 2020 his push for a Republican health care plan to replace the Affordable Care Act.

One morning last fall, 4-year-old Joey Wilcox woke up with the left side of his face drooping.

A 61-year-old Nebraska woman who served as a surrogate mother for her son and his husband has given birth to a baby girl.