Nicole Leonard

The Philadelphia Department of Public Health has identified eight confirmed cases of measles and nine locations where people may have been exposed.

Doylestown Hospital would become Penn Medicine’s seventh hospital facility.

Pennsylvanians who select health insurance plans this month by the final deadline will get coverage starting on Feb. 1.

The list of potential exposure locations has grown to include health care sites in Delaware and Montgomery County, Pa.

The Philadelphia Department of Public Health operates five resource hubs across the city. They offer free COVID-19 tests and other health services.

Street medicine teams that provide care for people who are unhoused hope that new Medicaid reimbursements will help them expand operations.

The temporary masking requirement will take effect Jan. 4 and be in place for at least the next two weeks as officials monitor local disease data.

New state laws focus on donated breast milk insurance coverage, patient consent, birth control prescriptions, hospital drug testing, and more.

People with opioid addiction are leaving hospitals against medical advice as often as one in six times, a significant rise over previous years.

Both hospitals are owned by California-based Prime Healthcare. Unionized registered nurses will strike through Dec. 26.

The court intervention is the latest development amid an ongoing saga to sell the largest hospital system in Delaware County.

Suburban Community Hospital in Norristown and Lower Bucks Hospital in Bristol are in contract negotiations with parent company, Prime Healthcare.