August 12, 2022 5 Ways to Protect Yourself from Tick-borne Illnesses Pennsylvania continues to lead the way for Lyme disease cases, and the summer months pose the largest threat for tick-borne illnesses.
August 10, 2022 2022 HAP Donate Life PA Hospital Challenge Honorees Announced The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP) today announced the honorees for its 2022 Donate Life Pennsylvania Hospital Challenge.
August 09, 2022 Add Vaccinations to Your Back-to-School Checklist With the start of the school year just a few weeks away, now is the time to ensure children are up to date on their immunizations.
August 05, 2022 How You Can Support Pa.’s Donated Blood Supply The summer months are an important time to help support the supply of donated blood in Pennsylvania and across the nation.
August 04, 2022 KFF Poll Shows High Vaccine Hesitancy among Parents of Young Kids About 43 percent of parents of children under 5 say they will “definitely not” get them vaccinated, according to the latest COVID-19 vaccine poll from the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF).
July 26, 2022 CDC: Booster Doses Offer Protection Against Severe COVID-19 during Omicron Wave Third and fourth COVID-19 vaccine doses provided significant protection to healthy adults who were eligible to receive them as the Omicron variant spread during early 2022.
July 25, 2022 What to Know: Next Steps to Address the Infant Formula Shortage The infant formula shortage remains a public health challenge across the U.S.
July 21, 2022 How the COVID-19 Emergency Declaration Supports our Pandemic Response This month, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) renewed the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Declaration through mid-October.
July 20, 2022 Overdose Deaths Soared during Early Pandemic U.S. drug overdose deaths increased 30 percent, and health disparities across racial and ethnic groups widened early during the pandemic, according to a new CDC report.
July 19, 2022 Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine Gets Key Approval Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine cleared an important regulatory hurdle this afternoon.