PHILADELPHIA — A fifth person has died amid Pennsylvania’s growing measles outbreak, state health officials confirmed on Wednesday.

The Pennsylvania Department of Health said in a news release that an unvaccinated resident of Lancaster County tested positive for measles and has died.

Health officials said they would not release any ...Read more

Hundreds of thousands of immigrants with legal status are at risk of losing government health coverage starting Oct. 1, state data shows, signaling that the impact of Medicaid changes in President Donald Trump’s signature legislation from 2025 may be greater than anticipated.

Many lawfully present immigrants will be among the first people to ...Read more

Medicare covers the bulk of your health care expenses after you turn 65. But Medicare’s rules can be confusing and mistakes are costly. If you don’t make the right choices to fill in the gaps, you could end up with high premiums and high out-of-pocket costs. Worse, if you miss key deadlines when signing up for Medicare, you could have a ...Read more

Sweet, juicy and nutrient-packed, the fruit group consists of fresh, canned, frozen, dried and juiced. It is recommended we eat five to nine servings of fruit and veggies per day. Fruits provide energy in the form of carbohydrates as well as fiber, and an array of vitamins, minerals and phytonutrients.

Phytonutrients are substances found in ...Read more

If you feel burning, tingling or numbness on the inside of your ankle or the bottom of your foot that worsens when you stand or walk, you might have a condition called tarsal tunnel syndrome.

“The tarsal tunnel is a passageway on the inside of the ankle that contains muscles, tendons, arteries, veins, and a nerve,” says Matthew Murray, a ...Read more

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: As I get closer to my due date, my doctor has been talking with me about treatments if my baby develops jaundice. Can you tell me more about jaundice?

ANSWER: Like you, the first question new parents usually ask is, “What is newborn jaundice?” The second is, “How is it treated?” Here are some answers to typical new-...Read more

For more than 35 years, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has surveyed American high school students every two years about their health and behavior.

The Youth Risk Behavior Survey, established in 1991, draws a nationally representative sample of students in grades 9 through 12 at public and private schools. Over the years, it...Read more

Employer-sponsored health insurance is rapidly deteriorating. In 2027, premiums are expected to see their largest single-year increase in two decades, jumping 11% and closing in on a nearly five-fold increase this century. The amount workers pay for their portion today would have covered the entire premium in 2000.

This coverage will never get ...Read more

OAK HILL, W.Va. — Each day at New River Health in Oak Hill, Lisa Emery finds disheartening signs of what she describes as a slow-motion repeat of the Hawks Nest Tunnel disaster.

Emery is director of New River’s Breathing Center and chair of the National Coalition of Black Lung and Respiratory Disease Clinics.

The disaster she’s reminded ...Read more

DENVER — Colorado will distribute almost $170 million to 91 rural healthcare providers next year to try to put them on a more solid long-term footing and improve patients’ outcomes.

The state will receive $1 billion over five years through the Rural Health Transformation Program created by H.R. 1. The sweeping tax law known as the “big, ...Read more

Anyone with ovaries who lives long enough will experience menopause. While menopause is a natural transition in midlife, it can strongly affect a person’s quality of life and their current and future risk of heart disease, osteoporosis and other issues. So you might think that whether someone is experiencing or has gone through menopause ...Read more

When our second child was born, my spouse had several weeks of paternity leave under his parental leave policy at work.

I’m a certified family life educator, and parental leave comes up regularly in my teaching and community work. So I was aware of the benefits his leave could have for our family – in theory.

Still, I ...Read more

“Would you like your receipt?”

It’s a question you’re likely to hear every time you pop into the grocery store or stop for a latte on the way to work. Some people may also have heard warnings that have circulated for more than 15 years that if you say yes, toxic chemicals might rub off on your fingertips.

As a recent ...Read more

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: Our daughter plays field hockey, and it can get physical on the field with collisions and falls. We're worried that we won't know if she gets a concussion. What signs should we watch for?

ANSWER: With school team sports amping up, student-athletes are at greater risk of concussion. In addition to coaches, parents play a role ...Read more

September is Blood Cancer Awareness Month. This year alone, nearly 68,000 people in the U.S. will be diagnosed with leukemia. Mayo Clinic hematologist and oncologist Dr. Cecilia Arana Yi says treatment is changing, and it's giving patients more options.

Unlike many cancers that form solid tumors, leukemia is a cancer of the blood-forming cells ...Read more

Every year, droughts affect millions of people around the world, including children. Drought conditions can have far-reaching effects on families and communities, impacting water supplies, food production, air quality and overall health.

A drought happens when there is not enough rain or snow for a long time. This can make both the ground and ...Read more

The San Vicente de Paúl Nursing Home in the South Bronx hasn’t admitted a patient since December 2024. ArchCare, which operates the facility, has reduced its capacity from 120 available beds to 53 and plans to shrink it further.

Another ArchCare nursing home, on Staten Island, has shut down a full floor. North of the city, in Dutchess County...Read more

Eighteen months after his initial diagnosis, chemotherapy hadn’t slowed 21-year-old Mason Henderson’s rare brain tumor, which had spread to his spinal fluid. So he left his home in southeastern Texas to spend three weeks in a clinical trial in New York City.

But that failed, too, leaving a murky path for Henderson, whose cancer was so rare ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA -- Denise Fitzsimmons knew that removing the fast-growing lump above her eyebrow in 2024 didn’t eliminate the possibility that her melanoma could return.

But a clinical trial at Penn Medicine offered the 63-year-old grandmother from Birdsboro, Pennsylvania, hope of a more enduring remission. It tested a novel vaccine, based on ...Read more

Teens in southeast Michigan go to school carrying with them far more than backpacks, books and water bottles.

Many are shouldering economic hardship, exposure to adversity and discrimination, family responsibilities, uncertainty about the future and social pressures.

These sentiments were shared with our research teams ...Read more