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

U.S. declares public health emergency over monkeypox as virus spreads

Kissing became increasingly popular 5,000 years ago – and so did cold sores

Kissing Cold Sores

Philly is now updating its monkeypox cases, vaccine availability online

How the omicron subvariant BA.5 became a master of disguise – and what it means for the current COVID-19 surge

Viruses can change your scent to make you more attractive to mosquitoes, new research finds

Mosquito Virus Odor

Monkeypox vaccines are now available in Philadelphia; here's how to get an appointment

Hospital-acquired pneumonia is killing patients, but there's a simple way to stop it

Hospital brush teeth

The COVID-19 pandemic reversed progress in combating superbugs

COVID-19 Superbugs MRSA

Experimental cancer drug shows promise in treating hospitalized COVID-19 patients

COVID-19 Treatment Sabizabulin

Camden county detects its first monkeypox case

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Penn scientists aim to bring promising cancer therapy closer to reality

Penn Medicine FLASH radiation

Jefferson Health testing new treatment for loss of smell and taste

Smell Loss Treatment

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

New omicron strain

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