vaccination

HARRISBURG (TNS)—A western Pennsylvania county has officially declared it has a measles outbreak. The Erie County Health Department (ECDH) said in a p...

Measles outbreaks in West Texas and New Mexico are now up to more than 250 cases, and two unvaccinated people have died from measles-related causes. M...

A measles outbreak inWest TexasandNew Mexicohas killed a child and sickened more than 130 people, and public health experts fear it’s only the beginni...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — It’s that time of year when talk turns to holiday plans and that thing “that’s going around.” The official start of winter has not ...

DuBOIS — From football games to festivals, the fall is filled with many fun activities that put people close together. It’s important to remember that...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — When Peter Hotez set off to create low-cost vaccines, he never expected to open his phone to see Robert F. Kennedy Jr. calling him ...

DuBois – There was a time when practically no one contracted pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough, but now cases are rising throughout the coun...

CHICAGO (TNS) — In a Jan. 2 “Monday Night Football” game, Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin suffered cardiac arrest and collapsed on the field. An imm...

Seasonal flu activity across the country is higher than it has been at this time for the past five seasons, according to the Pennsylvania Department o...

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania departments of Education, Health, Human Services and Insurance are reminding families to ensure their children’s immuniz...

To say it is not to fully absorb it: Our nation of 330 million souls has lost one million lives in just over two years to a virus that landed here in ...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — Pennsylvania officials are touting a milestone in COVID-19 vaccinations based on federal data, though some experts have for months ...

Gov. Tom Wolf announced Wednesday that Pennsylvania has reached a new COVID-19 vaccine milestone with 95 percent of Pennsylvanians ages 18 and older r...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — New COVID-19 infections have been averaging fewer than 5,550 per day in Pennsylvania, down from days of well over 25,000 a few week...

BUFFALO (AP) — A Western New York couple have been charged with a felony for allegedly using falsified vaccination cards at the Buffalo Bills playoff ...

SMETHPORT — The McKean County Department of Emergency Services, in conjunction with Universal Primary Care, will be conducting a Pfizer vaccination cl...

Top-ranked tennis star Novak Djokovic finally got his comeuppance for reckless behavior unbecoming of a global sports ambassador. Australia’s governme...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Novak Djokovic was deported from Australia on Sunday after losing a bid to stay in the country to defend his Australian Op...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — Pennsylvania’s acting health secretary said she received a COVID-19 vaccine booster after learning she is pregnant. Keara Klinepete...

The old legal maxim is that everything which is not forbidden is permitted. Many public-health experts apparently have their own version of this rule ...