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Ensuring the safety of new mothers and the healthy outcome of their pregnancies doesn’t stop at the hospital doorstep. One of the biggest post-delivery complications for mothers is hypertension. To address this potentially fatal health risk, experts at Main Line Health have created a remote blood pressure monitoring program to support mothers at home following delivery.

Measles cases have reached the highest point since 1992, with nearly 1,700 cases reported through mid-week, according to the latest data from the CDC.

The use and regulation of artificial intelligence in medicine is a hot topic across hospitals, lawmakers, and patients around the world. This week, the American Medical Association (AMA) launched its Center for Digital Health and AI, highlighting the ways physicians will be important during this transformation in medicine.

We are just a few weeks away from the start of cold and flu season in Pennsylvania.

Public health leaders continue to monitor the spread of measles cases across the U.S., with nearly 1,600 cases reported this year.

A large majority of U.S. parents support vaccination for measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) and polio, but their views on seasonal flu and COVID-19 shots are much less uniform, according to a new report.

Governor Shapiro signed an executive order Wednesday that aims to protect access to vaccines in Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania has joined several northeastern states and New York City to create a new public health collaborative, officials announced today.

An average of 37 children die each year from Pediatric Vehicular Heatstroke (PVH) in the U.S., according to a recent study from the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). Though many of those deaths may have been preventable, there is no simple solution.

Instability in the medication supply chain is causing product shortages that threaten public health, according to a new report from the American College of Physicians.