January 24, 2025 Report Shows Declining Cancer Mortality Rates but Concerning Trends for Women New studies show fewer people are dying from cancer but also identify an uptick in women diagnosed with the disease, according to the American Cancer Society.
January 23, 2025 Maternal Health Awareness Day: An Opportunity for Education and Action Today is Maternal Health Awareness Day, a designation created to raise awareness about maternal health and the country’s maternal mortality crisis. Recently, HAP released an action plan to improve maternal health outcomes, increase access to care, and eliminate disparities across Pennsylvania.
January 16, 2025 HAP Report Outlines Plan of Action to Improve Maternal Health Outcomes Across Pennsylvania The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP) today released an action plan to improve maternal health outcomes, increase access to care, and eliminate disparities.
January 15, 2025 Pa. Hospitals Manage ‘Quad-Demic’ This winter, Pennsylvania’s hospitals are seeing an influx of patients with respiratory symptoms, while also continuing to treat many critically ill and injured patients in their emergency departments.
January 14, 2025 How Food Label Packages Could be Changing The FDA today announced a potential change to food labeling that would require “at-a-glance” nutrition information on the front of most packaged foods.
January 10, 2025 Latest on U.S. Hospital Finances Hospitals continued to navigate challenging financial conditions as they approached the end of 2024.
January 07, 2025 5 Things to Know: First Bird Flu Death in U.S. The CDC this week announced the first person hospitalized in the U.S. with a severe case of the H5N1 bird flu had passed away.
January 06, 2025 Norovirus on the Rise This winter, cases of the highly contagious norovirus are surging beyond levels seen in previous years.
January 03, 2025 U.S. Surgeon General Issues New Advisory on Alcohol The U.S. surgeon general released a new public health advisory about the link between alcohol consumption and cancer risk, while calling for an update to the warning label on alcoholic beverages.
January 02, 2025 Respiratory Illnesses Increasing in Pennsylvania and Across U.S. Following a slow start to the season, the spread of respiratory viruses is increasing in Pennsylvania and across the nation.