Category: Health Department stories

Rise in HIV Cases Among Injection Drug Users

Thomas Farley, commissioner of Philadelphia’s Department of Public Health, said the increase “is something that definitely has us concerned.”

The overall number of new HIV cases has been on a steady decline since the mid-2000s. Currently, 19,199 Philadelphians are living with HIV. In 2017 there were 419 newly diagnosed HIV infections, according to the health department.

But from 2016 to 2018, the number of new diagnoses reported in people who inject drugs has nearly doubled to 59, a number that is sure to rise when all the data are finalized, said James Garrow, spokesperson for the Department of Public Health.

https://www.philly.com/health/opioids-hiv-aids-increase-philadelphia-iv-drug-users-prep-20190404.html

By Mari Schaefer

Joellen Brown Obituary

On Friday, March 22, Ms. Brown, 65, who walked with the aid of a cane, stepped off the curb at 21st and Lombard Streets, a block from her home near Rittenhouse Square, and was hit by a delivery van as it backed up. She died two days later at Penn Presbyterian Hospital from complications of head trauma, said the Philadelphia Medical Examiner’s Office, which ruled the death an accident.

https://www.philly.com/obituaries/joellen-brown-verizon-playwright-20190329.html

By Bonnie Cook

Rising STD Rates

The work is in response to a recent spike in local syphilis cases among women. APHA member Cherie Walker-Baban, program manager in the Philadelphia Department of Public Health’s STD Control Program, said health workers had been preparing for the possibility, as syphilis upticks often accompany addiction epidemics such as the current opioid crisis.

http://thenationshealth.aphapublications.org/content/49/2/1.2

By Kim Krisberg

Temple Mumps Cases Up to 116

Inquirer

https://www.philly.com/health/mumps-vaccine-temple-university-immunization-policy-20190402.html

KYW

https://kywnewsradio.radio.com/articles/news/temple-university-revamps-immunizations-policy-amid-mumps-outbreak

NBC 10

https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/health/Temple-University-Mumps-Cases-Rise-116-Philadelphia-Pennsylvania–507960381.html

6ABC

https://6abc.com/health/116-cases-now-reported-in-mumps-outbreak-at-temple-university/5229206/

Second Temple Mumps Vaccine Clinic

AP

https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/education/article/Nearly-5-000-at-Temple-U-get-shots-amid-mumps-13727278.php

Inside Higher Education

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/04/02/temple-sees-mumps-outbreak-more-100-cases

6ABC

https://6abc.com/health/temple-holds-second-mumps-vaccine-clinic/5223942/

6ABC (2)

https://6abc.com/health/over-4800-vaccinated-against-mumps-during-temple-clinics/5225059/

Temple News

https://temple-news.com/temple-university-administers-more-than-3400-mumps-vaccines-after-two-clinics/

Fox 29

http://www.fox29.com/news/local-news/temple-university-hosting-second-mumps-vaccine-clinic-friday

CBS 3

https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2019/03/29/temple-offers-2nd-free-mumps-vaccine-clinic-as-outbreak-reaches-triple-digits/

CBS News

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/temple-university-mumps-outbreak-students-get-shots-2019-03-30/

First Temple Mumps Vaccine Clinic

WHYY

https://whyy.org/articles/mumps-outbreak-sends-temple-students-staff-lining-up-for-free-mmr-vaccines/

Inquirer

https://www.philly.com/health/mumps-outbreak-temple-university-mmr-vaccine-clinic-20190327.html

Fox 29

http://www.fox29.com/news/temple-university-hosts-free-mumps-vaccine-clinics-amid-outbreak

Fox 29 (2)

http://www.fox29.com/news/over-2-200-show-up-to-temple-university-s-free-mumps-vaccine-clinic

NBC 10

https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Hundreds-Line-Booster-Shots-Temple-Mumps-Outbreak-507724711.html

Temple News

https://temple-news.com/temple-administers-more-than-2000-vaccines-for-mumps/

6ABC

https://6abc.com/health/will-vaccine-booster-clinics-stop-mumps-outbreak/5220846/

6ABC (2)

https://6abc.com/health/temple-offers-walk-in-vaccine-clinics-as-mumps-cases-top-100/5219011/

CBS3

https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2019/03/27/temple-university-mumps-outbreak-vaccine-booster-shots/

AP

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/the-latest-over-2k-get-vaccine-booster-amid-mumps-outbreak/2019/03/27/21ff505a-50d0-11e9-bdb7-44f948cc0605_story.html

ScienceTimes

https://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/19316/20190328/mumps.htm

NPR

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/03/28/707710860/vaccination-push-underway-to-contain-mumps-outbreak-in-philadelphia

ABC News

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/temple-university-mumps-outbreak-expected-continue-weeks-thousands/story?id=62036178

Temple Mumps Cases Up to 105 and Press Conference

Release

https://mailchi.mp/phila.gov/media-advisoryphiladelphia-department-of-public-health-and-temple-university-to-host-media-availability-prior-to-mumps-vaccine-clinic?e=[UNIQID]

Inquirer

https://www.philly.com/health/mumps-outbreak-temple-university-vaccine-clinic-20190326.html

Temple News

https://temple-news.com/temple-and-city-officials-provide-mumps-outbreak-update/

Huffington Post

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/temple-university-mumps-outbreak_n_5c9b7117e4b07c88662e8bb2

6ABC

https://6abc.com/health/more-than-hundred-mumps-cases-reported-at-temple-university/5219011/

NBC10

https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Number-of-Mumps-Cases-Rises-to-105-Temple-University–507685491.html

Fox29

http://www.fox29.com/news/temple-mumps-outbreak-grows-to-105-probable-cases-18-confirmed

CBS 3

https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2019/03/27/temple-university-mumps-outbreak-over-100-cases-vaccination-clinics/

Daily Pennsylvanian

https://www.thedp.com/article/2019/03/mumps-penn-temple-disease-contagious-off-campus

Metro

https://www.metro.us/news/local-news/philadelphia/mumps-outbreak-temple-university-reaches-105-cases