In the past couple of months, Penn Health has been the object of three separate lawsuits.

Some students are trying to streamline the paper process by adopting a completely electronic system instead.

This past Monday, the newly-formed LGBT Health and Wellness Working Group held its first meeting. The group operates as part of the LGBT Center Advisory Council, which also oversees other working groups focused on development, faculty diversity and student engagement. 

Spring Fling is a defining part of the Penn experience — but for some students, the desire to have a good time can take precedence over concern about possible risks to their health and safety.

April is Autism Awareness Month and Penn Speaks for Autism is working to get a dialogue started about Autism Spectrum Disorder, or ASD.

The water crisis in Flint, Mich. has many Philadelphians concerned about the safety of the city’s drinking water.

Physician and anthropologist Paul Farmer called on American research universities to do more to support global health equity on Wednesday.

There is a new demand for physicians to save lives — outside of the emergency room.

It’s finally here. Spring break has arrived, and for many students this means travelling abroad.

The group offers free weekly yoga classes in Harnwell College House’s rooftop lounge in collaboration with the Live Well program there. 

People struggling to keep up with overly ambitious New Years’ resolutions may have found a solution: behavioral economics.

Yesterday the Philadelphia Department of Public Health reported that the first case of Zika virus was diagnosed in a Philadelphia resident.

In the case that a student screened positively for the virus, SHS would draw a blood sample and cooperate directly with the Pennsylvania Department of Health to coordinate the sample’s processing and testing.

Though nursing students question whether death is sufficiently addressed in the curriculum, patient loss can be a routine part of healthcare professions.

The discussion focused on smoking prevention as well as the impact of SHS and CAPS.

A research project at Penn was recently given a grant of 1.4 million from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention to develop methods of preventing and managing chronic diseases.

Two professors recently found that a drug typically used to treat obesity can be used to treat cocaine addiction.