Illness

Ultra-processed foods cancer

Eating ultra-processed foods like hot dogs and soda may increase risk of cancer, research shows

How much people exercise may affect their risk of respiratory infections, research shows

Exercise respiratory infections

COVID-19 cases spike in Philly region as new omicron subvariant spreads across Northeast

COVID At-Home Rapid Tests

Mumps outbreaks have become more common in recent decades. Scientists are trying to determine why

Mumps post-vaccination immunity

For most people, long COVID symptoms ease within a year, new research shows

Long COVID symptoms

U.S. veterans have a higher prostate cancer rate, but a new law aims to improve access to care

U.S. Capitol Veterans Prostate Cancer

The record cold and flu season highlights the urgency for RSV vaccines and other preventive strategies

RSV Treatment Vaccine

The mRNA technology used in COVID-19 shots may soon help treat cancer

COVID-19 vaccines mRNA

4 cases of Legionnaires' disease identified in Pennsauken, health officials say

Legionnaires disease Camden County

New guidelines for diabetes care call for updated approach to weight loss, cholesterol and blood pressure

Diabetes Care Guidelines

Paxlovid has been free so far. Next year, sticker shock awaits

Paxlovid Price COVID-19

Celine Dion's stiff person syndrome diagnosis brings attention to a rare disease

Celine Dion stiff person syndrome

Twitter's new position on COVID-19 misinformation leaves many health experts fearful of public harm

Twitter covid misinformation policy

Lyme disease can be challenging to diagnose, but a new discovery may lead to a better test

Diagnosing Lyme disease

Treating long COVID is rife with guesswork

long covid treatment

As STDs proliferate, companies rush to market at-home test kits. But are they reliable?

STD At-Home Test

Who sees what you flush? Wastewater surveillance for public health is on the rise, but many adults are still unaware

Wastewater surveillance covid

Paxlovid may reduce risk of long COVID in some patients, study shows

Paxlovid long covid

Flu season is off to an early start in Philly, but it's hard to predict how it will shape out, officials say

Flu season Philly

An RSV outbreak is surging in the United States; here's what parents should know

RSV Outbreak

Newly discovered species of bacteria in the microbiome may be a culprit behind rheumatoid arthritis

Rheumatoid Arthritis Bacteria

Breast cancer awareness campaigns often overlook those with metastatic cancer – here’s how they can do better

Breast cancer ribbon

Gonorrhea became more drug resistant while attention was on COVID-19

Gonorrhea STD Illustration

More Republicans than Democrats likely died of COVID-19, study shows

Listeria outbreak linked to Old Europe brie and camembert cheese

Listeria cheese recall

Can COVID-19 trigger diabetes in children? Scientists aren't sure

diabetes and covid

Alcoholic drinks need stronger – and larger – warnings about cancer risk, doctors say

Alcohol Cancer Risk

Long COVID: How researchers are zeroing in on the self-targeted immune attacks that may lurk behind it

Long COVID

HelloFresh ground beef from July may be contaminated with E. coli, USDA warns

HelloFresh beef E. Coli

Polio outbreak in New York a warning sign for Philly, health experts say

Polio Philly

Children's Health

More kids are falling sick with a virus that can cause rare, polio-like syndrome, CDC warns

Enterovirus AFM

When COVID-19 or flu viruses kill, they often have an accomplice – bacterial infections

COVID-19 virus flu infection

Paxlovid provides no benefits to younger adults with COVID-19, study finds

Paxlovid sometimes causes a metallic aftertaste, but there are remedies for it

Paxlovid mouth

Gender disparities in kidney disease may be explained by differences in organ decline, study finds

Gender differences in kidney disease

For kids with kidney disease, pediatric expertise is key — but not always close by

CHOP kidney disease

Philly's monkeypox data reveal racial disparities that recall early COVID-19 response

Monkeypox Outbreak Data Philly

Monkeypox vaccines are being rationed to combat the outbreak, but can the strategy work?

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