Pollution is triggering airway obstruction even in people who never had respiratory complaints, said doctors. Here’s when and ...

Combat roles in the Marines have had gender-neutral requirements since 2015. A new policy extends that rule to fitness test scores.

The Coast Guard is ending years of debate over whether it should require all members to take a physical fitness test, or PFT, announcing Tuesday that it will implement mandatory tests for all military ...

Credit: Getty Images The road to race-neutral pulmonary function testing has been long and evolving; now, ATS recommends this approach and a Boston hospital offers an implementation model. In July, ...

It's that time again. As in, it's the latest possible time to make our shot-in-the-dark predictions about the NFL season to come. Every PFT writer has submitted a full playoff tree, along with ...

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! The Philadelphia teachers union released the details of its three-year contract with ...

Philadelphia's teachers union voted to ratify their three-year contract with the School District of Philadelphia on Thursday night. About 70% of the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers' voting members ...

The School District of Philadelphia and its teachers union reached a tentative contract agreement Sunday night, avoiding a possible strike next week. The three-year deal was reached with less than 12 ...

The Philadelphia Federation of Teachers has already authorized a strike if it cannot reach a new contract with the School District of Philadelphia by Aug. 31 — the date the current contract expires, ...

Philadelphia teachers are preparing to return to classrooms in just one week, on August 18, even as negotiations between the School District of Philadelphia (SDP) and the Philadelphia Federation of ...

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! With the first day of school less than three weeks away, the city’s teachers union ...

Sgt. Gordon Reed, a motor vehicle operator with 4th Marine Logistics Group, collapsed at the Navy Reserve Center Orlando during a PFT on June 24. (Pfc. Mercy E. Martinez/Marine Corps) A Marine ...