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Recognizing that treating the effects of lead exposure is not enough, Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health launched Lead-Free Families, a comprehensive, $50 million lead poisoning prevention program designed to address the problem at its source. Lead-Free Families is the first of its kind in the United States to be 100 percent funded and led by a health system.

Thousands of Pennsylvanians go to the hospital every winter due to respiratory viruses, and now is the time to protect your health.

Pennsylvania surpassed 1,000 measles cases, the Department of Health reported on Monday.

The state continues to be at center of the resurgence of the virus.

Pennsylvania’s public health officials today announced two more measles-associated deaths, bringing the statewide total to four.

Public health leaders continue to monitor the spread of measles, with 30 confirmed cases reported yesterday.

COVID-19, flu, and RSV season starts in just a few weeks.

Two people have died in Pennsylvania due to the measles, state officials announced today.

The Pennsylvania Department of Health today announced two separate measles cases in Lancaster County that may have exposed others in the area.

Federal health agency leaders this month provided an update on a new voluntary initiative to support healthy food options in U.S. hospitals.

The Trump administration yesterday announced plans for a sweeping overhaul to the federal childhood vaccine schedule that again diverges from guidance from the nation’s leading medical organizations.