October 11, 2022 Hospitals Support 1 in 10 Pa. Jobs, Drive Economy Hospitals support one in 10 Pennsylvania jobs and contribute a fifth of the state’s entire gross domestic product, an analysis released today by The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP) found.
October 10, 2022 Hospitalizations for Opioid Overdose Decline Hospitalizations for opioid overdose decreased about 27 percent from 2016 to 2021, according to a new report from the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4). The research...
October 07, 2022 The Election Deadlines You Need to Know Whether you’re voting early or in-person, it’s time to get ready for Election Day.
October 06, 2022 Why Hospitals are Focused on Reducing Gun Violence Addressing gun violence is an “unrelenting clinical, public health, societal, and political” concern, requiring decisive action across health care.
October 05, 2022 The Early Response to the Updated COVID-19 Booster Public awareness about the updated COVID-19 booster shot was “modest” during September, with a third of all U.S. adults reporting that they had received the updated shot or were planning to get it as soon as possible.
October 04, 2022 The $100 Million Recommendations to Support Behavioral Health Pennsylvania’s new blue-ribbon commission today released its recommendations about how lawmakers should allocate $100 million in one-time federal funding to support behavioral health.
October 03, 2022 Hospitals Likely to End 2022 in the Red Hospitals continue to struggle with fluctuating margins and are likely to end 2022 in the red, according to the latest analysis from Kaufman Hall.
September 30, 2022 A Fall Reminder about Ticks, Mosquitoes Prime tick and mosquito season is winding down, but Pennsylvania Department of Health officials say there’s still cause for concern.
September 29, 2022 What to Know: Avoiding a Flu Comeback this Winter Precautions to prevent COVID-19 also have helped to reduce the spread of the flu, and public health leaders are urging everyone to take action to continue the positive trends this winter.
September 28, 2022 White House Unveils Nutrition Strategy The location of nutrition labels and the foods that are deemed “healthy” could be changing.