Two people have died in a growing measles outbreak in Pennsylvania.
The Pennsylvania Department of Health announced the deaths Tuesday morning, noting that they are the first measles-related deaths in the commonwealth in 35 years. Both people were unvaccinated, according to the department.
“We hope and we pray that those deaths will be the last,” Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said during a press conference at Lancaster General Hospital.
Health officials would not share the ages of the people who died, citing privacy concerns.
The outbreak in Pennsylvania is growing rapidly. There have been 393

SEATTLE — Interim results presented at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine Annual Meeting show allowing patients to discontinue sling use right after reverse shoulder arthroplasty did not compromise short-term recovery.
“Historically, the sling has been used to protect the shoulder during early healing, but there is not a clear consensus on how long these patients need to remain immobilized,” Sophia McMahon, a medical student at Temple University’s Lewis Katz School of Medicine, told Healio. “Our results suggest that strict prolonged

Pupil dilation could skew IOL power calculations by increasing anterior chamber depth and reducing lens thickness, according to a study published in Journal of Refractive Surgery.
“Because biometry and IOL power calculations are commonly performed on the same day once a decision for surgery has been made, biometry is usually performed while the patient’s pupils are still dilated,” David Z. Chen, MBBS, FRCOphth, of National University Hospital in Singapore, and colleagues wrote. “Currently, there is no consensus on how mydriatics influence biometric results and, if so, which parameters are

Psychological stressors including perceived discrimination and adolescent sexual abuse were associated with future risk for heart failure among Black women, researchers reported.
Although partially attenuated by BMI, discrimination in employment, housing or interactions with police as well as frequent sexual abuse in childhood was associated with significantly elevated risk for developing HF among Black women, according to data published in JAMA Network Open.
“A prior finding that differences in heart failure risk among Black and white women appear to persist after accounting for the

In two birth cohorts, children with a higher vs. lower number of infection episodes during 0 to 3 years had significantly elevated odds for childhood atopic dermatitis, according to results published in JAMA Dermatology.
“These findings suggest a long-term relationship between early respiratory infections and AD that has previously been unclear due to inconsistent findings in previous studies,” Nicklas Brustad, MD, PhD, associate professor at the University of Copenhagen, and colleagues wrote.
Using the COPSAC2010 Danish birth cohort that includes data on children 0 to 10 years,

GLP-1 receptor agonists are becoming more widely used by patients with chronic kidney disease. Dietitians are positioned to contribute to the individualized care of these patients.
Commentary from Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes from May 2025 states that given the high prevalence of obesity among people with diabetes and CKD, incretin mimetic therapy offers the opportunity to improve glucose control, weight and clinical outcomes simultaneously.
“The hard work is just beginning,” the KDIGO authors wrote.
I completely agree.
The work begins prior to the prescription and

Retinoblastoma and subsequent treatment left a young boy completely blind.
His younger sister, however, has “perfect vision” because of it, Lisa R. Diller, MD, vice chair of pediatric oncology at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, told Healio.
The young boy had an RB1 mutation, which has been significantly associated with retinoblastoma, but his family had no idea about the genetic mutation when he was diagnosed.
The younger sister underwent screening because of her brother’s history, and when she developed tumors, she was treated with cryotherapy and laser therapy. As a result, she avoided

In this Healio video exclusive, Leonard H. Calabrese, DO, chief medical editor of Healio Rheumatology, highlights recent coverage following the U.S. House Select Committee on China’s investigations into several pharmaceutical companies.
Committee chairman Rep. John Moolenaar, R-Mich., has questioned whether AbbVie, Bristol Myers Squibb, Eli Lilly & Co., Merck and Pfizer may have aided China’s military biotechnology research, or sponsored trials that involved forced labor, at Chinese military hospitals and the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. The committee has requested

Two surgeons measured 132 human long bones and tested them against Benford's Law. Raw lengths did not fit, and the sample included only three adult patients.

A newborn girl could not feed or breathe properly. Doctors found her tongue fused to her palate, a rare adhesion present since birth.