Pennsylvania recorded nearly 100 new cases of measles in the last week, bringing the total case count for this year to 792, state officials said Monday.

The state’s measles outbreak is the largest in the country in 2026 and is centered in Lancaster County, which has reported more than 300 cases this year.

Chester County has confirmed 76 ...Read more

CHICAGO — Gov. JB Pritzker disclosed Monday that he was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes two years ago and has since lost 80 pounds using a GLP-1 drug.

The Democrat, 61, described his weight-loss journey in an essay on Substack and in select media interviews. The coordinated rollout comes as he seeks a rare third term as Illinois governor in ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA – In the last month, Pennsylvania health officials have announced four measles-associated deaths but have been tight-lipped about almost every detail, beyond sharing their county of residence and that all were unvaccinated.

Most of what the public knows about the four deaths linked to the outbreak — ranging in age from a ...Read more

Philadelphians die in traffic crashes more than people who live in Chicago, Boston, Washington and New York.

In fact, three times more Philly residents than New Yorkers died in traffic crashes in 2024, according to a report from the Philadelphia city controller’s office based on the most recent data available.

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Smartwatches have become an increasingly popular way for people to monitor their health and fitness. About 100 million – nearly 4 in 10 – U.S. adults own a smartwatch. Worldwide, market research estimates approximately 560 million smartwatch wearers.

Yet a growing body of research demonstrates that one of the most commonly used ...Read more

The human body is remarkably good at getting used to the environment around it. You’ve probably experienced this if you’ve ever gone to a matinee and emerged from the dark theater into sunshine. Your eyes sting, so you squint and shield your face until they adjust to the bright sunlight.

In the same way, the body can grow ...Read more

When Josh Fleig, Louisiana’s chief innovation officer, learned his state had set aside $20 million a year, for five years, to invest in startup rural health companies, his reaction was not surprising: “Wow!”

In rural America, where people are often reported to be sicker with poor access to healthcare, the cash influx is a relief. In the ...Read more

Influenza (flu) is an infection caused by the influenza virus that infects the respiratory tract including the nose, throat and lungs. The flu can cause mild to severe illness, pneumonia and other complications. During community outbreaks of influenza, children are more likely to get infected than other age groups, particularly school-aged ...Read more

When the FDA was deciding whether to approve the drug Tavneos several years ago to treat a set of rare autoimmune diseases, agency experts argued that would be a mistake, according to FDA records.

One problem cited: The manufacturer had provided only “limited safety data.”

As it often does, the FDA in 2021 approved the drug with a proviso:...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia health officials are warning travelers of a possible measles exposure at Philadelphia International Airport early this week.

The Philadelphia Department of Public Health is notifying travelers and others, who may have been exposed. This incident is unrelated to the recent measles exposures at the Children’s ...Read more

Public health officials are sounding the alarm after an unvaccinated Amtrak passenger who traveled across the U.S., including a stop at Union Station last weekend, was hospitalized with measles.

The person traversed the state on trains and thruway buses with transfers in six counties: Alameda, Butte, Kern, Los Angeles, Sacramento and San ...Read more

U.S. measles cases now number nearly 3,300, with no sign that the outbreak has abated. This is the highest number since 1991, when 9,643 cases were reported, a total that reflected a decline from previous years following the addition of a second dose of the measles vaccine to the childhood immunization schedule. The federal government’s ...Read more

LANCASTER, Pa. — Amish families peer into Roberta Devers’ Honda Passport as she drives between prenatal checkups along the rolling hills of Lancaster County. They ask her increasingly frequent questions about the vaccine: Do you have some measles in your car?

Devers, 63, works as a traditional midwife in communities at the epicenter of ...Read more

Fall and winter mark the peak season for common respiratory infections such as COVID-19; respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV; influenza, better known as the flu; and the common cold. These illnesses often begin with symptoms that look very similar, so telling them apart can be tricky – especially when the beginning of cold and flu season in...Read more

Some Coloradans have a drug problem: old prescription medications clogging their medicine cabinets.

Disposing of unused prescription and over-the-counter drugs is important to protect children and teens from accidental or unintentional exposure. Eliminating medications properly is also important to prevent contamination of vegetation,...Read more

By the time doctors diagnose Alzheimer's disease, heart failure or cancer, the biological processes behind the illness may have been unfolding silently for years or even decades.

Mayo Clinic wants to make those invisible years a new target for medicine.

The healthcare organization is undertaking a sweeping research effort, called Precure ...Read more

Taya Hailstone has been in remission from childhood Hodgkin lymphoma for five years. But the cancer’s lasting damage to her organs and nerves can make basic tasks, like loading a dishwasher, hard.

Still, Montana’s health department decided last year that Hailstone is no longer eligible for low-cost disability health coverage through ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania is seeking more emergency aid from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to respond to the state’s largest measles outbreak in more than 30 years, but only if the federal agency acknowledges the four measles-associated deaths Pennsylvania has reported.

The CDC has so far declined to publicly report ...Read more

Minnesota’s streak of almost six months without a new measles case ended this week when an infection was confirmed in an unvaccinated adult in one of the state’s least-vaccinated counties.

The state’s 18th measles case of 2026 was reported Thursday in Fillmore County — not far from the southwestern Wisconsin region that has reported ...Read more