Recent hurricanes affecting Puerto Rico and other island communities in the Caribbean have led to severe prolonged disruption of infrastructure and electricity increasing the risk of several infectious diseases. People…
The SCOPE of Pain program, originally scheduled for November 17, 2017, has been re-scheduled for Friday, February 9, 2018. We apologize for the inconvenience. For more information on this program,…
A debate is taking place at Jefferson Alumni Hall on Friday, November 10 over the topic: “Rating doctor and hospital quality: Who is the best judge?” Date: November 10, 2017…
The Regional Council of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry of Eastern Pennsylvania and Southern New Jersey is sponsoring a Bullying and Cyberbullying Conference at the Delaware County Intermediate Unit (200 Yale…
The following is an update from the Pennsylvania Medical Society, originally released on October 23, 2017. Senate Bill 472, sponsored by Sen. Gene Yaw, passed the Senate (Y: 49/N: 0)…
The 9th Hepatology & Liver Transplantation Conference, provided by the American Liver Foundation, will be taking place on Friday, November 3, 2017, from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM (Registration begins…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is alerting pharmacies in the Philadelphia region to check any inventory they purchased from 52nd Street Pharmacy since January 1, 2017. FDA is concerned…
USciences is offering a live, four-hour medical cannabis training course on Sunday, Oct. 22, 2017, from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. to allow physicians, pharmacists, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners to…
In 2017, communities across the US (Southern California, Michigan, and New York City) are experiencing ongoing outbreaks and increases in acute hepatitis A virus (HAV) infections with cases occurring among…
Learn from leading IBD experts and IBD patients! The Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation is holding a Clinical Convergence® continuing medical education symposium, featuring concurrent clinician and patient lectures that “converge” just…
The Philadelphia Department of Public Health (PDPH) has identified five laboratory-confirmed cases of Legionnaires’ disease among residents of Northeast Philadelphia’s Torresdale neighborhood. All have had illness onset since mid-August and…
Each year, an average of 170 infants in Philadelphia are born to hepatitis B virus (HBV) infected women. Without medical intervention, 40% of perinatally exposed infants will develop HBV infection,…