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Violence against health care professionals is a growing challenge in hospitals throughout the commonwealth. Today, HAP organized a roundtable event hosted by Allegheny Health Network Grove City hospital to bring together area hospitals, policymakers, law enforcement, and emergency management leaders to discuss the challenges they face, pending legislation, and ideas for possible collaboration.

The Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs recently announced significant progress in its four-year campaign to reduce the stigma surrounding substance use disorder (SUD).

Stay healthy this Thanksgiving season, whether it’s preparing and cooking your meal or traveling to your destination.

The Biden administration announced a new proposal today to expand coverage of anti-obesity medications for millions of Americans on Medicare and Medicaid.

Leaders from federal health agencies and their committee of digital advisors came together last week to discuss the future of generative AI in health care.

There is still time to get vaccinated ahead of the winter respiratory virus season.

Pennsylvania’s rural hospitals support more than three million Pennsylvanians across the commonwealth—and their impact goes far beyond patient care.

As Pennsylvania ages and looks to revitalize its economy, hospitals are more important than ever to the health and vitality of communities. To meet these needs, the commonwealth’s hospitals have invested nearly $10 billion in strengthening the health of their communities, while supporting 1 in 9 jobs statewide and 19 percent of the commonwealth’s gross domestic product, an analysis released today by The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP) indicates.

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has announced a new nationwide campaign to raise public awareness of the National Maternal Mental Health Hotline.

For the third time, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has extended the COVID-19 flexibilities that have allowed clinicians to virtually prescribe certain medications through 2025.