Generation Z

Sports Fans Health

Wings, booze and heartbreak – what research says about the hidden costs of sports fandom

The mental health of people born in the '90s is not improving with age – unlike other generations, study finds

Mental Health 1990s

Young people are having less sex than their parents did at their age. Researchers explore why

Young People Sex

Generation Z is more prone to high blood pressure during pregnancy, data shows

Millennials Gen Z hypertension

For younger generations, urgent care and telemedicine often trump primary care

Gen Z millennials health

Smoking doubles young adults' risk of severe coronavirus complications

Smoking COVID-19 risk

Younger Americans are having less sex, a result of growing up slower

Sexual Inactivity in Young Americans

Young people comprise most of Philly's coronavirus cases

Generation Z Millennials Coronavirus

Danny DeVito shares coronavirus PSA urging millennials to stay at home

Millennials may be spreading coronavirus unknowingly – to the detriment of seniors

Philly gets middling worldwide rank among cities for Generation Z

Ben Franklin parkway philly

Healthy eating campaign aimed at millennials and generation Z

have a plant campaign

Alternative Medicine

Amid shifting attitudes on medical marijuana, baby boomers are big buyers

Carroll - Seniors using Medical Marijuana

Millennials will take lower pay at work for more free time, study on work-life balance says

Email greetings

Urban Outfitters is 'curating' old '90s VHS tapes and selling them for $40

VHS tapes

Tamagotchis, the VR pets of the 90s, are coming back for some reason

tamagotchi VR pets

Merriam-Webster gets 'hangry' with additions of 'avo,' 'guac' and hundreds of other words

Besito Guac

Here's what to expect as the post-millennial Generation Z enters the workforce

Working Women

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How to keep holiday stress in check this season

Light Lamp SAD

After a lifetime of seasonal depression, I finally tried light therapy. Here's what I learned

Shinges Vaccine Dementia

Shingles vaccine may offer an additional benefit — slowing the progress of dementia

Zipporah Washington Temple

Nurse who beat hard-to-treat cancer says she stayed strong by thinking of herself as a 'survivor'

Healthy Eating Flying

Here's how to still eat healthy at the airport and on a plane

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Suicide prevention: No more stigma

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