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LANCASTER, PA — Pennsylvania is expanding its measles response with 40 additional vaccine clinics and stepped-up school outreach after health officials confirmed two Lancaster County residents died in association with …
Pennsylvania Expands Measles Response After Two Deaths Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is directing $4 million toward rapid syphilis testing in emergency departments and other nontraditional healthcare settings beginning this month, …
HHS Directs $4 Million to Rapid Syphilis Testing Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Hospital-acquired infections declined in U.S. hospitals between 2015 and 2023, according to new federal data, though health officials estimate more than half a million patients still developed …
CDC Reports Decline in Hospital-Acquired Infections Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is ending the emergency declarations that allowed the rapid authorization of COVID-19 drugs, biologics and medical devices, marking another …
HHS Sets Timetable to End COVID Emergency Authorizations Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United States is experiencing its earliest and most active start to West Nile virus season in more than two decades, with 48 human cases reported by …
CDC Reports Earliest, Most Active Start to West Nile Season Since 2004 Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has concluded its public health response to a Hantavirus exposure event linked to the M/V Hondius cruise ship after …
HHS Ends Monitoring After Hantavirus Exposure on Cruise Ship Read More
LANCASTER, PA — Pennsylvania health officials are expanding vaccination efforts and public health outreach as statewide measles cases have risen to 84 this year, with the vast majority of infections …
Pennsylvania Expands Measles Response as Cases Climb to 84 Read More
HARRISBURG, PA — Sexually transmitted infection cases are declining in Pennsylvania, but health officials are urging at-risk residents to get tested and seek treatment to sustain the downward trend.
Sharp STI Decline in PA as Officials Push Urgent Testing Drive Read More
ATLANTA, GA — Federal health officials made two consequential moves this month affecting infant health, as advisers voted to loosen long-standing guidance on newborn hepatitis B vaccination while investigators expanded …
CDC Shifts Hep B Guidance as Infant Formula Outbreak Sickens 51 Babies Read More
DUNMORE, PA — State health officials are urging Pennsylvanians to get vaccinated against the flu ahead of holiday gatherings, warning that the seasonal virus is already spreading statewide and that …
Flu Shot Urged as Holidays Near and Cases Rise Across Pennsylvania Read More