Illness

Dry Cleaning PCE.

Common dry cleaning chemical increases risk of liver cancer, study confirms

Radiation may be unnecessary as an early-stage breast cancer treatment

Breast Cancer Radiation

Raynaud's syndrome can be painful and annoying, but it's usually not dangerous

Raynaud's Syndrome

Risk of heart attack and stroke rises after COVID-19 and flu infections

Flu Heart Attack

Children's Health

Long COVID risk for children doubles after second coronavirus infection

Children Long COVID

Having multiple tattoos may help guard against most dangerous type of skin cancer, study finds

Melanoma Risk Tattoos

A bacteria resistant to most antibiotics is causing a surge of infections, CDC says

Nightmare Bacteria CDC

New report ranks Philadelphia and Allentown among toughest cities in America for people with asthma

Asthma Philadelphia Allentown

Many people with diabetes don't realize they have it, study shows

Undiagnosed Diabetes Rate

Experimental skin cancer test aims to increase early detection of melanoma

Melanoma At Home Test

A breath test developed at Penn State can quickly diagnose diabetes

Diabetes Breath Test

New Jersey may have its first locally transmitted malaria case since 1991

Malaria New Jersey

A red meat allergy from tick bites is spreading – and the lone star tick isn’t the only alpha-gal carrier to worry about

Deer Tick Allergy

Wegmans recalls camembert cheese due to potential listeria contamination

Wegmans Cheese Recall

Mosquito insecticide to be sprayed in Germantown parks to prevent West Nile virus

Germantown west nile mosquito

New York is battling a Legionnaires' outbreak; Nearly 50 years ago, the disease was famously identified in Philly

Bellevue Hotel Legionnaires

To reduce disparities in heart failure, this Trinity Health program aims to meet patients 'where they are'

EKG Heart Failure

Library of Congress adds docuseries on Camden health-care workers to records on COVID-19

Cooper University Health documentary

How to prevent mosquito bites — and West Nile virus — this summer

Mosquitoes West Nile

World's premier cancer institute faces crippling cuts and chaos

Trump NCI Cuts

Piled up trash is more than just gross — it's also a public health risk

Trash Health Risks

Fewer Americans are dying of heart attacks, but other heart disease fatalities have surged

Heart Attack Deaths

Appendix cancer remains rare, but is becoming more common among younger generations

Appendix Cancer

Game theory explains why reasonable parents make vaccine choices that fuel outbreaks

Vaccine Hesitancy Measles

Exercise might lower colon cancer patients' risk of death, study finds

Exercise colon cancer

CDC ends COVID shots recommendation for healthy children, pregnant women

COVID Vaccine CDC

What does it mean for Biden's prostate cancer to be 'aggressive?' A urologic surgeon explains

Joe Biden Cancer

3 Doors Down singer reveals he has kidney cancer form that has become more common in younger adults

3 Doors Down Cancer

Whooping cough is making a comeback, but the vaccine provides powerful protection

Pertussis Whooping Cough

Washing scrubs at home does not adequately disinfect them — and may lead to antibiotic resistance, study finds

Washing Machine Scrubs

Children's Health

COVID-19 puts kids at increased risk of kidney, heart and gut problems

Long Covid Kids

Measles misinformation is on the rise — and Americans are hearing it, survey finds

Measles Misinformation Survey

How bird flu differs from seasonal flu − an infectious disease researcher explains

Bird Seasonal Flu

Gonorrhea is on the verge of being impossible to treat, but a new antibiotic may alter that course

Gonorrhea Antibiotic Treatment

Blue Ridge Beef recalls pet food due to potential salmonella, listeria contamination

blue ridge beef pet food recall

Measles case reported in Philly; people may have been exposed at 2 hospitals

Measles case philadelphia

RFK Jr. tells Americans to get measles vaccine after being criticized for months for mixed messaging

Robert Kennedy Measles

Many Pennsylvania counties lag behind school vaccination targets for measles

Measles Vaccine Pennsylvania

Raw cat food boxes sold in Pennsylvania recalled due to possible bird flu contamination

Cat Food Recall

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