Just Transition Symposium 2019
Physicians for Social Responsibility and Earth Quaker Action Team are putting together a free community based symposium on renewable energy, energy efficiency and public health benefits. There will be breakout…
Posts by Philadelphia County Medical Society
Screening of “Do No Harm” on September 9
The Bucks and Montgomery County Medical Societies are hosting a screening of “Do No Harm”, a documentary following four people bonded by tragedy on a mission to expose medicine’s hidden…
PCMS and PAMED mentioned in AMA article on Hahnemann
The Philadelphia County Medical Society was mentioned in an article written by the American Medical Association, referencing the Displaced Resident Expense Reimbursement Fund for Hahnemann University Hospital. To view the…
Importation of Infectious Diseases: Public Health Recommendations to Manage the Returning Traveler
International travel increases the risk of contracting infectious diseases that can then be introduced locally. Vaccine preventable diseases (measles, mumps, influenza), severe respiratory pathogens (tuberculosis, MERS-CoV) and vector-borne infections (malaria,…
Help Us Control the Hep A Outbreak!
The following is a memo from the Philadelphia Health Commissioner and registration for the Hepatitis A Outbreak Webinar. Dear Health Care Colleague: We are asking for your help to control…
Severe Acute Pulmonary Disease Associated with Vaping
In the last 2-3 weeks, the Pittsburgh Poison Control Center has been hearing increasing reports of lung injury, in some cases severe, which have preliminarily been associated with vaping or…