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After a busy start to the flu season, Pennsylvania saw some encouraging trends as hospitals continue to manage high levels of respiratory illness.

Pennsylvania’s hospitals are advancing care in exciting ways that support their patients and their communities.

The Trump administration announced sweeping changes to the U.S. childhood vaccine schedule this week, reducing the number of vaccines all children are advised to receive from 17 to 11.

Respiratory virus activity remains at very high levels in Pennsylvania and emergency rooms around the nation.

Heading into the winter holidays, flu, COVID-19, and RSV are all increasing rapidly in Pennsylvania.

Ahead of the holiday recess, the Pennsylvania House this week passed two HAP-supported bills that support access to vaccines and maternal health.

Pennsylvania’s respiratory virus season is underway ahead of the winter holidays.

A new flu variant has public health researchers on alert heading into the winter holidays.

Ensuring the safety of new mothers and the healthy outcome of their pregnancies doesn’t stop at the hospital doorstep. One of the biggest post-delivery complications for mothers is hypertension. To address this potentially fatal health risk, experts at Main Line Health have created a remote blood pressure monitoring program to support mothers at home following delivery.

Measles cases have reached the highest point since 1992, with nearly 1,700 cases reported through mid-week, according to the latest data from the CDC.