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Pandemic vs. endemic — what’s the difference?

Women are more likely to get long COVID than men, research shows

Long COVID research

Ivermectin is not effective against COVID-19, another study finds

Ivermectin COVID-19 treatment

Monkeypox does not spread through airborne particles, CDC says

Monkeypox airborne transmission

Broader use of breast cancer drug could benefit more patients, scientists say

Breast cancer Enhertu

People with inflammatory bowel disease are at higher risk of depression – and so are their siblings

IBD Depression Siblings

Pennsylvania has most lyme disease cases in the nation as tick season returns

Lyme Disease Ticks

Monkeypox case found in Philadelphia, but officials say virus poses 'extremely low' risk

Monkeypox Philadelphia

Chronic stress can often lead to burnout, but there are effective ways to manage it

Burnout and your health

Monkeypox 'very unlikely' to cause a COVID-like outbreak, scientists say

Monkeypox

COVID-19 cases are spiking, but Philly isn't reinstating a mask mandate

COVID Spike Philly

What is Paxlovid and how will it help the fight against coronavirus?

What is Paxlovid COVID-19

Heart complications more likely after COVID-19 infection than vaccination, CDC says

Cardiac complications COVID-19

Scientists still have more questions than answers about long COVID

Long COVID-19 research

The risk factors for multiple sclerosis are complex – even sunlight may play a role

vitamin D and MS

Returning to pre-pandemic life comes at a cost. Public officials must determine whether to pay it

Lifting COVID-19 restrictions

Tomorrow's COVID safety guidelines will be different from today's – but that doesn't mean yesterday's were wrong

COVID-19 Mask Requirement

For people who had COVID-19, it only takes one vaccine dose to spur immune response, Temple study finds

COVID-19 vaccine antibody

Aphasia affects 2 million Americans, but most had never heard of it before Bruce Willis's diagnosis

Bruce Willis Aphasia

New eczema treatment provides 'rapid' relief to people with severe symptoms, Eli Lilly says

Eczema treatment lebrikizumab

COVID-19 is leaving people more prone to type 2 diabetes

COVID-19 Diabetes Risk

A new approach to severe asthma could reduce racial health disparities, researchers say

Asthma racial disparities

Ivermectin not effective as a treatment for COVID-19, study finds

Ivermectin Study

A $35 insulin cap is welcome, popular and bipartisan, but Congress may not pass it anyway

Insulin Cap

Scientists expect COVID-19 to become endemic, but a new report stresses the U.S. is far from the 'next normal'

COVID-19 endemic future

COVID-19 appears destined to become endemic, but that won't make it harmless

COVID Endemic

Jefferson Health testing new treatment for loss of smell and taste

Smell Loss Treatment

Penn scientists aim to bring promising cancer therapy closer to reality

Penn Medicine FLASH radiation

A more contagious omicron strain has scientists fearing another COVID-19 surge

New omicron strain

Flu season has been mild, yet again, but a surge could still happen

Flu Season COVID-19

It's day 6 of COVID, and a rapid antigen test comes back positive. Stay home, say virologists.

COVID-19 Rapid Test

COVID-19 cases falling in Philly, but omicron transmission remains high

COVID-19 Transmission Philly

Scientists may have found a way to predict who gets long COVID

Predictors of Long COVID

Health Insurance

Medicaid eligibility rules affect cancer survival, analysis suggests

Medicaid cancer survival

Omicron surge may have peaked in the Philly region, but hospitals remain stressed

Philly omicron peak

The war on cancer at 50: The origin story begins with a socialite citizen-lobbyist

Nixon National Cancer Act

West Norriton restaurant linked to fatal hepatitis A case gets shut down, Montgomery County officials say

Hepatitis A Montgomery County

One death from hepatitis A linked to Montgomery County restaurant, state health department says

Hepatitis A Outbreak

FEMA COVID-19 testing site expected to open in Southwest Philly this week

FEMA COVID Testing SW

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