Public Health

Last week, Lower Merion Township passed a ban on gas-powered leaf blowers. Many are happy to wave goodbye to noisy and pollutive equipment. Others have reservations.

The Sackler family must contribute up to $7 billion over 15 years. Most of the money is to go to government entities to fight the opioid crisis.

The mission of the campaign is to spread educational messaging and conversation points about heart health and what additional factors lead to risk conditions.

The new agreement replaces one the U.S. Supreme Court rejected last year, finding it would have improperly protected members of the family against future lawsuits.

About 42 million lower-income Americans receive SNAP benefits, on average about $190 monthly per person.

The legislation would require employers to provide reasonable accommodations for disruptive symptoms of menstruation and menopause.

The warning is precautionary; the health department said it believes there is no threat to the public.

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was the only one of the nine justices to say she would have revived the lower court orders immediately.

Health officials are investigating 13 cases in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and eight other states. ByHeart Inc. agreed to recall two lots of its Whole Nutrition Infant Formula.

The USDA has a $5 billion contingency fund for the program, but the Trump administration had reversed an earlier agency plan to use that money to keep SNAP running.

Sharing Excess’ map, which shows locations in Philly, New York and Chicago, is connecting people to food pantries and distribution sites amid the SNAP pause.

Rallygoers were concerned that despite two judges’ rulings calling for funds to be restored, SNAP benefits will still be delayed and in danger amid the government shutdown.

Nearly 241,000 children in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties receive SNAP benefits.

The announcement came minutes after a judge ruled in favor of Pennsylvania and other states suing to make the Trump administration use contingency funds to fund SNAP.

It wasn’t immediately clear how quickly the debit cards that beneficiaries use to buy groceries could be reloaded after the ruling. That process often takes one to two weeks.