The increase in women with syphilis is especially alarming to Philadelphia officials because the disease is most serious when it is passed on to a fetus.
“As more women are affected, we are going to see more infants affected, and that’s really devastating,” said Deputy Health Commissioner Caroline Johnson.
By Nina Feldman
Philadelphia now sees more than 30 cases of hepatitis A a year, about five times more than the baseline just two years ago. The viral liver infection is also showing up in people who don’t have any of the known risk factors, said Steven Alles, director of the Division of Disease Control at the Philadelphia Department of Public Health.
https://whyy.org/articles/beyond-south-philly-acme-hepatitis-a-is-on-the-rise/
By Joel Wolfram
While overdose deaths declined last year in Philadelphia, HIV infections increased. Last week, the Philadelphia Department of Public Health released data that show an increase in new HIV infection since 2016 after a decade of decline. The increase has been attributed to infections among people who inject drugs — 59 of whom were newly diagnosed with HIV in 2018, double the number of people who were diagnosed in 2016. Bucks County has been experiencing a similar increase.
https://www.philly.com/opinion/editorials/syringe-exchange-hiv-hep-c-prep-law-20190409.html
By Inquirer Editorial Board
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The Philadelphia Department of Public Health has recently confirmed that a person who works at the Acme Markets, located at 1400 East Passyunk Avenue, Philadelphia, has acute Hepatitis A. The store is aware of the situation and is working collaboratively with the health department.
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Acme shoppers who ate precut fruit and vegetables from a store in South Philadelphia last month should consider getting vaccinated “as soon as possible” because a worker at the store has “acute” hepatitis A, the city’s Department of Public Health said Saturday.
https://www.philly.com/news/hepatitis-a-acme-philadelphia-vaccine-20190406.html
By Christian Hetrick
6ABC
The Health Department released the alert Saturday that an employee of Acme has acute Hepatitis A. That employee had access to cut fruit and vegetables for sale in the store from Sunday, March 17 to Friday, March 29.
By Staff
WHYY
Anyone who ate pre-cut fruit and vegetables bought at the store from March 17 through March 29 is advised to take precautions against the virus by getting a hepatitis A vaccine as soon as possible, the Health Department said. Contact your health-care provider or local pharmacy for information about being vaccinated.
https://whyy.org/articles/06jmhepa/
By Staff
KYW (1)
The Philadelphia Health Department is urging customers of a south Philadelphia super market who ate pre-cut produce from the store to get a hepatitis a vaccine. KYW’s John Mcdevitt reports the warning comes after a food handler contracts Hepatitis A.
By John McDevitt
KYW (2)
Health officials are warning customers of a South Philadelphia supermarket about possible exposure to hepatitis A.
The Philadelphia Health Department recently confirmed that an employee at the Acme on the 1400 block of East Passyunk Avenue has acute hepatitis A.
By Dr. Brian McDonough
Fox29
By Staff
NBCPhiladelphia
Philadelphia health officials are asking people to get vaccinated after a worker at a popular South Philly grocery store was treated for “acute” Hepatitis A.
The employee, who is not being identified, works at the Acme market at 1400 E. Passyunk Ave., the Philadelphia Department of Public Health said in a news release.
By Rudy Chinchilla
CBS3
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KYW(3)
Muhammad says he just learned of the warning from health officials – that customers who’ve recently eaten pre-cut fruits and vegetables from the store should get vaccinated against the disease – but he’s not worried.
By Justin Udo
In-home therapy is just one new tactic being explored by a consortium of Philadelphia providers to increase women’s access to care for postpartum depression. The working group, called the Community Action Network, is led by the city Department of Public Health, the Maternity Care Coalition, and Einstein Health. It emerged from an effort to lower infant-mortality rates across Philadelphia.
By Nina Feldman
Overdose prevention sites, also known as supervised injection facilities, offer a clean, safe environment in which people can inject drugs they have purchased elsewhere under the supervision of medical staff, who act much like lifeguards do at a swimming pool. Staff members are always on the scene and armed with naloxone, which they can readily administer if needed so no overdose becomes a fatality.
https://www.statnews.com/2019/04/05/overdose-prevention-sites-save-lives/
By Thomas Farley
The people who are overdosing with cocaine and fentanyl in their bodies are not your average coke user, according to Dr. Kendra Viner, Opioids Program Manager at Philadelphia’s Department of Public Health. “People who died from overdose with cocaine and fentanyl in their system look similar demographically and in death scene presentation to those who died from overdose with cocaine and heroin,” said Viner.
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/8xyzkp/the-truth-about-drug-dealers-lacing-cocaine-with-fentanyl
By Max Daly
The Collected Works of Jim Garrow 