Sep 25, 2026 | Healthcare, Vaccinations
Produced By Natalie Bencivenga-September 17, 2026 4:44 pm The Week in Focus is a recap of our top stories, with a new video posting every Friday. Two more measles deaths are reported in the state. And A U.S. Supreme Court ruling gives Pennsylvania some much-needed...
Feb 28, 2026 | Healthcare, NIH, Vaccinations
By: Ian Karbal – February 25, 2026 2:45 pm Gov. Josh Shapiro joined a multistate lawsuit against the Trump administration over the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) decision to overhaul the national childhood immunization schedule. The suit is...
Apr 7, 2025 | Healthcare, Vaccinations
Ian Karbal – Pennsylvania Capital-Star In late March, a four-year-old in Erie County was diagnosed with measles, a highly contagious and incurable disease that, in rare cases, can cause brain damage and death. The child, who the county did not identify to the...
Mar 27, 2025 | CDC, DOGE, Healthcare, HHS, Musk, NIH, Vaccinations
HIT Ed: If you haven’t been paying attention, the U.S. healthcare system, the best in the world, is being systematically and rapidly destroyed by the Trump/Musk administration. Spending cuts on vaccine development, cancer research, support for state health...
Mar 27, 2025 | CDC, Healthcare, HHS, Vaccinations
Apoorva Mandavilli, Margot Sanger-Katz and Jan Hoffman – New York Times The Department of Health and Human Services has abruptly canceled more than $12 billion in federal grants to states that were being used for tracking infectious diseases, mental health...
Mar 27, 2025 | Vaccinations
HIT Ed: Not only do these programs save millions of lives globally, they prevent infectious diseases from re-establishing in this country, particularly among those who are unvaccinated. Infectious diseases do not respect international borders. Stephanie Nolen –...
