18+ hour, 31+ min ago   (382+ words) An additional 837 people are currently in isolation or receiving treatment, while 1,671 have recovered. The outbreak, the country's 17th Ebola epidemic, is caused by the Bundibugyo strain, a rare form of the virus for which no approved vaccine or treatment exists. Several…...

23+ hour, 47+ min ago   (469+ words) Pennsylvania has recorded more than 600 measles cases in 2026, and two Lancaster County infants died in late August. The federal government's count lists neither death, and The Conversation reports that the public dispute between Gov. Josh Shapiro and Health and Human…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (470+ words) Philadelphia's maternal death toll climbed sharply over the last decade, according to a new report covered by PhillyVoice, with 120 deaths recorded between 2019 and 2023 compared with 95 in the previous five-year period from 2014 to 2018. That is a 26% rise. The vast majority of…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (432+ words) A Children's Hospital of Philadelphia neonatal intensive care nurse traveled to Gaborone, Botswana in spring 2024 as one of the first participants in the hospital's newly launched Global Health Nursing Fellowship, according to The Philadelphia Citizen. The nurse, Alexandra Sawick, was…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (488+ words) A Penn-affiliated anesthesiologist who was diagnosed with a rare, progressive lung condition in her late twenties has been named a finalist for the 2026 Health Hero award, according to reporting by The Philadelphia Citizen and Philadelphia Magazine. Lyndsay Hoy lives with…...

6+ day, 22+ hour ago   (498+ words) Pennsylvania House Republicans held a policy hearing Wednesday on tick-borne illness, where legislators heard that the state has no requirement to report many tick-borne diseases to public health authorities, leaving the true scope of the problem unknown. As the Pennsylvania…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (372+ words) Four West Nile Virus cases have been confirmed in Philadelphia, according to NBC Philadelphia, marking the first human infections recorded in the city this year. The Philadelphia Department of Public Health announced the cases on Friday, September 4. Dr. Palak Raval-Nelson,…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (532+ words) People with type 2 diabetes who take GLP-1 medications face a meaningfully greater chance of losing hair than those prescribed other common diabetes drugs, according to Penn Medicine, which published findings from the analysis in the BMJ on August 31. The research…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (498+ words) Pennsylvania's Department of Human Services has started sending formal notices to more than 700,000 Medicaid expansion enrollees statewide, alerting them to federal work requirements set to take effect next year, WHYY reported. About 183,000 of those recipients live in Philadelphia. All mailings…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (569+ words) Philadelphia health officials are partnering with the school district to set up free vaccination clinics at schools where measles immunization rates are lowest, as Pennsylvania’s measles outbreak continues to grow. Nationally, there have been 2,777 confirmed measles cases in the United…...