Public Health

The votes are in and the people have decided. Philadelphia’s new public restrooms will be named “Philly Phlush.”

Will Philly choose “Phlush,” “Philly Loo” or “Philly Public Restroom” as the name for its standalone public toilets? Two of the proposed public potty names will be flushed.

Philadelphians are being asked to vote for their favorite name for the city’s new public restrooms.

Have no fear, you will always have somewhere to go to the bathroom when you’re out and about in Center City. The city is adding five standalone toilets around the city by 2023. Aaron Baskerville spoke with city goers on how they feel about the new additions.

Philadelphia is putting money behind “Portland Loo” restrooms in an attempt to make public toilets more accessible. Here’s when you might see the public toilets.

Health officials authorized a plan to give people one-fifth the usual dose, citing research suggesting that the reduced amount is about as effective.

Top U.S. health officials say the country’s monkeypox outbreak can still be stopped despite rising case numbers and limited vaccine supplies.

Tens of thousands of Americans die from gun murders and suicides each year, and many more are wounded, leaving families in grief and putting a strain on the health care system. Gun violence is a leading cause of premature death in the country, and in 2020, more kids died from gun violence than they did in automobile crashes. After the...

In the 1980s, Surgeon General C. Everett Koop pushed for cigarettes to be seen as a public health issue. Today, “guns are the cigarettes of 2022,” says Harvard physician Dr. Aditi Nerurkar, who joined LX News to discuss the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas.

A trial has begun for a high-ranking state medical official and former Delaware lawmaker who is charged with official misconduct and falsifying business records.