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National Institutes Of Health Director Tours Bucks County Biotech Campus

DOYLESTOWN, PA — The director of the National Institutes of Health Jay Bhattacharya, MD, Ph.D., visited The Hepatitis B Foundation, the Baruch S. Blumberg Institute and the Pennsylvania Biotechnology Center…

Kratom, linked to 6 county deaths, was banned. But its health risks remain a mystery

Recently, the Los Angeles County Public Health Department reported it had linked the deaths of six L.A. County residents over the last spring and summer to the use of kratom,…

Synthetic kratom linked to three fatal overdoses in L.A. County

Health officials are warning about the potentially deadly dangers of a synthetic kratom compound after it was linked to three recent fatal overdoses in Los Angeles County. A compound known…

Bucks County nonprofits brace for proposed funding cuts in biomedical research

Three Pennsylvania nonprofits share a uniquely focused mission on public health. Looming federal cuts to scientific research, they warn, could unravel decades of their work. While the Trump administration’s proposed…