Health
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What to know about Pennsylvania’s pay-what-you-can cafés and restaurants
Pennsylvania’s pay-what-you-can restaurants serve meals to everyone, regardless of their ability to pay.
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Pennsylvania among 29 states and DC that now reject federal vaccine guidance
Some states — like Pa. — have created formal alliances to share health information.
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Erie hospital offers new surgery for chronic lower back pain
There is a new surgery, approved by the Food & Drug Administration in 2024, that’s called lumbar facet joint replacement and it involves replacing the small joints in the back of the spine that allow you to bend and twist.
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Climate change behind longer allergy season in many parts of Pennsylvania
Climate change is contributing to warming trends that lead to earlier, longer, and worse allergy seasons in cities like Philadelphia, where the allergy season is five weeks longer than it was in the early 1970s.
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More Pa. hospitals are creating private police forces to curb violence
So as medical professionals across the nation report a worrying uptick in violence on the job, a growing number of the commonwealth’s hospitals are branching into law enforcement.
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Gender-affirming health records from UPMC can’t be made anonymous, federal judge rules
U.S. District Judge Cathy Bissoon said the DOJ’s request carries a “stench” of ill-intent.
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Federal attacks on reproductive health force some Pennsylvania Planned Parenthood clinics to drop Medicaid patients
Leaders with Planned Parenthood Pennsylvania Advocates said the loss of Medicaid reimbursement is among the most harmful impacts of federal policy change and has caused a significant financial strain to all its clinics.
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What to do if you were exposed to measles at the Philadelphia airport
If you traveled through Terminal E at Philadelphia International Airport on Feb. 12, officials are warning of potential measles exposure.
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How much more are Pa. residents paying for ACA insurance
Pennsylvania’s health care marketplace released data on average insurance cost increases in 2026 as media reports that Senate negotiations to restore the subsidies are “effectively over.”
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This York County couple was hit with a 221% health insurance increase
In Pennsylvania, according Pennie, premiums jumped on average 102 percent. The average premium increase in York County, according to Pennie, was 169 percent. The highest average was recorded in Juniata County, at 485 percent. The lowest, Sullivan County, with a population of fewer than 6,000 in the northeast corner of the state was 29 percent.
