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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued an update to inform clinicians and health departments about testing available for patients with suspected hantavirus infection to include Andes virus.

In Pennsylvania, Legionella infections increase each year during spring, summer, and fall months.

On May 2, 2026, the World Health Organization was notified of a cluster of severe acute respiratory illness among passengers and crew of a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean. The cluster included two deaths and one critically ill passenger whose laboratory tests confirmed hantavirus.

The Pennsylvania Health Department (DOH) has identified three cases of measles in Lebanon County.

The Pennsylvania Department of Health (DOH) identified recent sustained increases in tick bite-related emergency department visits.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is issuing this Health Advisory to notify public health professionals, clinicians, laboratorians, and people at risk for overdose about increasing reports from U.S. jurisdictions detecting medetomidine.

On Monday, Federal District Judge Brian Murphy issued a preliminary injunction blocking implementation of the Trump administration’s pared-down list of recommended childhood vaccinations.

On January 30, 2026, the Pennsylvania Health Department (DOH) identified five confirmed cases of measles in Lancaster County. These are the first cases to be identified in Pennsylvania for 2026.

PHILADELPHIA—The Philadelphia Department of Public Health is notifying travelers and others of a possible measles exposure.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today adopted individual-based decision-making for hepatitis B immunization for parents deciding whether to give the hepatitis B vaccine, including the birth dose, to infants born to women who test negative for the virus.