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Hospitals in Pennsylvania and around the nation are facing a so-called “quad-demic” of seasonal illnesses, but public health data may show some encouraging signs.

New studies show fewer people are dying from cancer but also identify an uptick in women diagnosed with the disease, according to the American Cancer Society (ACS). The new findings indicate that many types of the disease are increasing, especially among women and younger adults.

Today is Maternal Health Awareness Day, a designation created to raise awareness about maternal health and the country’s maternal mortality crisis. Recently, HAP released an action plan to improve maternal health outcomes, increase access to care, and eliminate disparities across Pennsylvania.

The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP) today released an action plan to improve maternal health outcomes, increase access to care, and eliminate disparities.

This winter, Pennsylvania’s hospitals are seeing an influx of patients with respiratory symptoms, while also continuing to treat many critically ill and injured patients in their emergency departments.

The FDA today announced a potential change to food labeling that would require “at-a-glance” nutrition information on the front of most packaged foods.

Hospitals continued to navigate challenging financial conditions as they approached the end of 2024.

The CDC this week announced the first person hospitalized in the U.S. with a severe case of the H5N1 bird flu had passed away.

This winter, cases of the highly contagious norovirus are surging beyond levels seen in previous years.

The U.S. surgeon general released a new public health advisory about the link between alcohol consumption and cancer risk, while calling for an update to the warning label on alcoholic beverages.