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Closing the Gap: Steps Toward Health Equity

Health disparities are a harsh American reality that increase illness and cost lives. They are sicknesses and deaths the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

Governor Pitches Plan to Invest in Mental Health Support for Pennsylvania...

Governor Josh Shapiro shared his plans to ensure that Pennsylvania students have access to mental health resources in schools during a visit to Hempfield...

WellSpan Health to Build New Neighborhood Hospitals in York and Cumberland...

WellSpan Health has entered into an agreement with Emerus, the nation’s first and largest operator of neighborhood hospitals, to build three new hospitals that...

PA Highlights Physical, Mental Health Benefits of Connecting Older Adults to...

Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn, Aging Secretary Jason Kavulich, and Acting Health Secretary Dr. Debra Bogen visited The Miller...

PA Awards $6 Million in Funding to Fight Overdose Deaths

The Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs announced more than $6 million in grant funding for organizations to establish or expand substance use disorder...

American Lung Association Celebrates Lung Cancer Action Week and Turns Pennsylvania...

The American Lung Association is turning Pennsylvania turquoise to raise awareness of lung cancer and encourage residents to take action to end the disease...

PA Launches Outreach Campaign to Help Pennsylvanians with Medicaid Renewals

The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services (DHS) and Pennie announced a collaborative multichannel, long-term outreach strategy to raise awareness for Pennsylvanians to complete their...

Five Things to Know About the End of the COVID Public...

May 11 will mark a milestone in the fight against COVID-19, bringing an official end to the federal public health emergency (PHE) that started...

Hundreds of Youth and Lung Health Advocates Gather to Call on...

The American Lung Association in Pennsylvania hosted hundreds of youth and adult lung health and tobacco control advocates from TRU (Tobacco Resistance Unit) and...

‘Skye’ Brightens the Day for Hershey Medical Center and Children’s Hospital...

Penn State Health’s caregivers have a new furry support system among their ranks as Skye, a golden retriever, joins Penn State Health Children’s Hospital’s facility...