Health

Shares of Moderna, Novavax, Pfizer, BioNTech and GSK closed lower on Thursday.

Health officials said there no longer appears to be a food safety concern, and McDonald’s has resumed selling Quarter Pounders with slivered onions at the affected locations

In 2023, Sydney Towle, then 23, developed a bump on her abdomen that she could feel. When she exercised, she experienced a stinging in her stomach. Worried that she developed a hernia, Towle visited an urgent care clinic. 

Dentists say fluoridated water was one of the most significant public health advances in recent memory. The incoming administration may not see it that way.

A child and her parents are thriving after a life-saving fetal surgery performed at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

A team at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia successfully removed a rare tumor from a baby girl’s heart while she was still in the womb.

The FDA said the proposed order is not final yet, which means companies can still market over-the-counter drugs containing oral phenylephrine for now.

Naomi Whitehead at 114 years old is the oldest living American. She hails from Pennsylvania.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now recommends that people ages 65 and up and those with weakened immune systems get a second dose of the 2024-25 Covid vaccine six months after their first dose, NBC News reports.

Thousands are expected to stroll through the streets of South Philadelphia for the 2024 Philadelphia Heart Walk. NBC10’s Siobhan McGirl shares why this walk is so important to life-saving efforts in our region. 

The baby powder was first recalled in September.

Philly Live’s Astrid Martinez spoke with Unite for HER founder to share how the organization empowers breast cancer patients and improves their quality of life through integrative care. 

Families at Inspira Medical Center Vineland can now use the hospital’s 24/7 camera system to monitor their newborns whenever they want.

Families at Inspira Medical Center Vineland can now use the hospital’s 24/7 camera system to look in on their newborns anytime they want.

A pig at an Oregon farm was found to have bird flu.

Fresh, slivered onions on the restaurant chain’s Quarter Pounders “are the likely source” of the outbreak, the agency said Wednesday.

The outbreak, likely linked to slivered onions on McDonald’s Quarter Pounders, joins a list of other E. coli incidents from fresh produce, especially precut, pre-washed fruits and vegetables.

Updated COVID-19 vaccines targeting JN.1-lineage omicron variants of the coronavirus are now available in the U.S. for the fall and winter seasons.

An international group of health experts concluded that existing regulations globally are insufficient to protect the public from the potential harms of widely accessible gambling.

Even as cases of H5N1 virus among animals and people are rising in the U.S., there’s no evidence of human-to-human transmission.