Preventive Care & Screening

2+ min ago   (282+ words) Guardant said the EviCore update extends rapid growth in commercial adoption over its last fiscal quarter, following what it called meaningful coverage expansion from Carelon, which it described as the largest specialty benefits manager in the United States, and UnitedHealth…...

39+ min ago   (308+ words) The Pennsylvania Department of Health is reviewing the case and continues efforts to increase vaccination rates as the state faces its largest measles outbreak in decades. Earlier this summer, two adults in Lancaster County—also unvaccinated—became the first individuals…...

3+ hour, 37+ min ago   (519+ words) Sep 14, 2026 | Community By Michael G. Beaulieu, MD Medical Director, LMAS District Health Department Many parents have recently heard about a new executive order from the White House concerning childhood vaccines. The order, signed August 10, 2026, has generated questions about whether children should…...

19+ min ago   (306+ words) Dr. Jessica Early holds a vial of the combination measles, mumps and rubella vaccine on March 18, 2026, at Prisma Health Pediatrics in Greer, South Carolina. No new measles cases have been reported in Iowa in the last week amid an ongoing…...

9+ hour, 16+ min ago   (101+ words) (WBRE/WYOU) — The Pennsylvania Department of Health reported Monday there are now 693 confirmed measles cases in the Commonwealth, 17 more than Friday's update. Of those 693 cases, 133 are hospitalized. In northeastern and central Pennsylvania, there are 54 confirmed cases, three more than Friday's…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (319+ words) A rabid bat has been found in south Utica, according to Oneida County health officials. One person was exposed to the bat and is receiving post-exposure treatment. One person was exposed to the bat and receiving post-exposure prophylaxis. Although most…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (824+ words) On April 12, 1955, America threw a vaccine party. That morning, Thomas Francis Jr. — who had overseen trials of polio vaccines developed by Jonas Salk — held a press conference to announce the results. Only it wasn’t a press conference. It was an…...

3+ hour, 39+ min ago   (303+ words) WASHINGTON — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will give a keynote address at a Children’s Health Defense conference in the nation’s capital this week, embracing the anti-vaccine organization he once led. “We couldn’t be more excited to welcome our founder…...

3+ hour, 35+ min ago   (114+ words) (CNN)– The CDC is warning that rabies exposures appear to be rising across the U.S. The agency says it received 17% more rabies-related inquiries in July and August than during the same period last year. At least 8 state health departments have…...

4+ hour, 23+ min ago   (1110+ words) It’s no longer given in the stomach, for starters. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a health alert after an increase in reports of exposure to rabid or possibly rabid animals in the U.S. The alert…...