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Anne Garber, LNP | LancasterOnline @annegarber0406.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
With measles spreading in Lancaster County, could mumps and rubella be next? lancasteronline.com/news/health/...
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With measles spreading in Lancaster County, could mumps and rubella be next?
With the number of measles cases escalating by the day in Pennsylvania, people may wonder will the other two diseases covered by the MMR vaccine – mumps and rubella –
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Anne Garber, LNP | LancasterOnline @annegarber0406.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Here are the results of an independent look at the financial health of Lancaster County's hospitals lancasteronline.com/news/health/...
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Here are the results of an independent look at the financial health of Lancaster County's hospitals
Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center’s financial status improved considerably from 2024 to 2025, during which time it shaved off almost $40 million of its operating deficit, according to an
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Anne Garber, LNP | LancasterOnline @annegarber0406.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Lancaster County logs 24 measles cases since Monday lancasteronline.com/news/health/...
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Lancaster County logs 24 measles cases since Monday
Measles cases continue to climb, with Lancaster County tallying 24 new cases since Monday and the state logging 132 new cases for the same period.
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Anne Garber, LNP | LancasterOnline @annegarber0406.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Pa. now tops 1,000 cases of measles in 2026; Lancaster County cases steady since Friday lancasteronline.com/news/health/...
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Pa. now tops 1,000 cases of measles in 2026; Lancaster County cases steady since Friday
More than 1,000 Pennsylvanians have now been infected with measles this year, as the state tallied 1,004 cases as of Monday afternoon.
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Anne Garber, LNP | LancasterOnline @annegarber0406.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
35 new measles cases in Lancaster County this week; state total nears 900 lancasteronline.com/news/health/...
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35 new measles cases in Lancaster County this week; state total nears 900
Lancaster County has logged 35 new cases of measles in the past week, bringing the number of people who have fallen ill with the virus in the county to 359
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Anne Garber, LNP | LancasterOnline @annegarber0406.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
'Thankful to be alive;' family of man paralyzed as a result of West Nile virus recounts harrowing year lancasteronline.com/news/health/...
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'Thankful to be alive;' family of man paralyzed as a result of West Nile virus recounts harrowing year
In the past year, Craig Summy has been in eight different medical facilities, moved locations 12 times, suffered from 11 bouts of pneumonia and developed two infections resulting in sepsis,
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Anne Garber, LNP | LancasterOnline @annegarber0406.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
2 people in Lancaster County sickened with West Nile virus lancasteronline.com/news/health/...
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2 people in Lancaster County sickened with West Nile virus
Two people have been infected with West Nile virus in Lancaster County this season and 49 mosquitoes in the county have tested positive, according to the state.
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Anne Garber, LNP | LancasterOnline @annegarber0406.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Number of measles cases in Lancaster County for 2026 now stands at 324 lancasteronline.com/news/health/...
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Number of measles cases in Lancaster County for 2026 now stands at 324
Measles cases in Lancaster County continue to rise, with 29 new cases reported in the past week, bringing the total number of people sickened with the virus in the county
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Anne Garber, LNP | LancasterOnline @annegarber0406.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Here's what older adults should know about measles protection lancasteronline.com/news/health/...
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Here's what older adults should know about measles protection
As the number of Lancaster County residents sickened with measles grows by the day, older adults may wonder if they are protected. LNP | LancasterOnline talked with two family physicians
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Anne Garber, LNP | LancasterOnline @annegarber0406.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
People who are part of Plain communities do not have one shared opinion on vaccination lancasteronline.com/news/health/...
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People who are part of Plain communities do not have one shared opinion on vaccination
Lancaster County’s Amish and Old Order Mennonite populations are not to blame for the raging measles outbreak in Pennsylvania, experts say, and there is no blanket anti-vaccination sentiment among tho...
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Anne Garber, LNP | LancasterOnline @annegarber0406.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Pa. leads all states in US in number of individuals sickened with measles lancasteronline.com/news/health/...
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Pa. leads all states in US in number of individuals sickened with measles
Pennsylvania is now the state with the most measles cases this year, as it surpassed South Carolina Friday for the top spot, per the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of
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Anne Garber, LNP | LancasterOnline @annegarber0406.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Women experiencing menopause symptoms can now seek care at Planned Parenthood in Lancaster city lancasteronline.com/news/health/...
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Women experiencing menopause symptoms can now seek care at Planned Parenthood in Lancaster city
Lancaster County’s Planned Parenthood clinic is now offering perimenopause and menopause care, organization leaders announced.
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Anne Garber, LNP | LancasterOnline @annegarber0406.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
'Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World' sheds light on life of beloved poet [Unscripted column] lancasteronline.com/entertainmen...
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'Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World' sheds light on life of beloved poet [Unscripted column]
When my 19-year-old daughter turned down my proposition to watch a documentary about a dead poet with me this summer, I didn’t fault her for it.
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Anne Garber, LNP | LancasterOnline @annegarber0406.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
4 fully vaccinated people in Pa. are sick with measles, including 1 in Lancaster County lancasteronline.com/news/health/...
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4 fully vaccinated people in Pa. are sick with measles, including 1 in Lancaster County
A Lancaster County resident is among the first four Pennsylvania residents fully vaccinated for measles to fall ill with the virus this year, state health officials announced today.
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Anne Garber, LNP | LancasterOnline @annegarber0406.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
As measles cases rise, Lancaster County officials point to information gap lancasteronline.com/news/health/...
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As measles cases rise, Lancaster County officials point to information gap
Communication and information-sharing among agencies could be better with regard to Lancaster County’s measles outbreak, officials said during a recent Lancaster County Health Advisory Council meeting...
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Anne Garber, LNP | LancasterOnline @annegarber0406.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
6-week-old Amish child died from measles, Lancaster County coroner confirms lancasteronline.com/news/local/6...
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6-week-old Amish child died from measles, Lancaster County coroner confirms
A 6-week-old Amish girl with a neurological genetic disorder, Amish lethal microcephaly, died from measles at home in Lancaster County, Lancaster County coroner Dr. Stephen Diamantoni said today.
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Anne Garber, LNP | LancasterOnline @annegarber0406.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Lancaster County public safety director shares 'trust your healthcare provider' campaign efforts lancasteronline.com/news/health/...
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Lancaster County public safety director shares 'trust your healthcare provider' campaign efforts
Lancaster County has added more information about the measles virus to its website as part of its “trust your healthcare provider” campaign in an effort to provide factual and trusted
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Anne Garber, LNP | LancasterOnline @annegarber0406.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Lancaster County coroner sole coroner in state who said he's handled deaths of people with measles lancasteronline.com/news/health/...
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Lancaster County coroner sole coroner in state who said he's handled deaths of people with measles
A week and two days after state officials said they’d recorded two “measles-associated deaths” from Lancaster County, only one coroner in the state has acknowledged handling any such deaths that
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Anne Garber, LNP | LancasterOnline @annegarber0406.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Thousands more vaccinations needed to reach measles herd immunity here, physician tells Rotarians lancasteronline.com/news/health/...
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Thousands more vaccinations needed to reach measles herd immunity here, physician tells Rotarians
There is still a long way to go to halt Pennsylvania’s measles outbreak, despite great strides in getting more people vaccinated over the past several months.
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Anne Garber, LNP | LancasterOnline @annegarber0406.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Manheim Twp. mom who lost daughter to overdose will be keynote speaker at Overdose Awareness event lancasteronline.com/news/health/...
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Manheim Twp. mom who lost daughter to overdose will be keynote speaker at Overdose Awareness event
Before Laura Hatton’s daughter, Kat Spidle, died of an overdose in 2021, Spidle started installing dreadlocks in Hatton’s hair. During the same time period, Hatton contemplated getting her hair cut
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Anne Garber, LNP | LancasterOnline @annegarber0406.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Shapiro cites progress on increasing measles immunizations, while cautioning Pa. is 'not out of the woods' lancasteronline.com/news/health/...
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Shapiro cites progress on increasing measles immunizations, while cautioning Pa. is 'not out of the woods'
Since late April, the state Department of Health has administered more than 4,100 measles, mumps and rubella vaccines in Pennsylvania counties with measles cases, including 1,000 doses to Lancaster Co...
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Anne Garber, LNP | LancasterOnline @annegarber0406.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Lancaster County coroner’s records don’t add clarity to 2 Pa. deaths tied to measles lancasteronline.com/news/health/...
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Lancaster County coroner’s records don’t add clarity to 2 Pa. deaths tied to measles
Two unvaccinated Lancaster County residents are the first deaths tied to measles in Pennsylvania in 35 years, according to state officials who have declined to share any information about those
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Anne Garber, LNP | LancasterOnline @annegarber0406.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
23 new measles cases identified in Lancaster County in the past week lancasteronline.com/news/health/...
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23 new measles cases identified in Lancaster County in the past week
The number of people sickened with measles in Lancaster County continues to climb steadily with 23 more cases recorded in the past week.
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Anne Garber, LNP | LancasterOnline @annegarber0406.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Manheim Twp. High School health equity club serves community through donation to new moms lancasteronline.com/news/health/...
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Manheim Twp. High School health equity club serves community through donation to new moms
On a muggy August afternoon 13 days before the start of school, five teenage girls arrived at UPMC Magee-Womens at UPMC Lititz bearing 40 lime green, turquoise and shades of
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Anne Garber, LNP | LancasterOnline @annegarber0406.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Potential measles exposure at Millersville University and Whole Foods Market lancasteronline.com/news/health/...
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Potential measles exposure at Millersville University and Whole Foods Market
Two individuals infected with measles may have exposed others at Millersville University and Whole Foods Market earlier this month, the state Department of Health announced today.
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Anne Garber, LNP | LancasterOnline @annegarber0406.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Lancaster County ranks 3rd in state for number of people without health insurance lancasteronline.com/news/health/...
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Lancaster County ranks 3rd in state for number of people without health insurance
Lancaster County has one of the highest numbers of residents under the age of 65 without health insurance in Pennsylvania, according to data recently released from the U.S. Census Bureau.
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Anne Garber, LNP | LancasterOnline @annegarber0406.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Lancaster County's 2-week spike in measles cases moves it into #2 ranking in US lancasteronline.com/news/health/...
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Lancaster County's 2-week spike in measles cases moves it into #2 ranking in US
Lancaster County now ranks second in the United States for number of measles cases in a county or region this year, after a 63-case rise in the number of people
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Anne Garber, LNP | LancasterOnline @annegarber0406.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
School is starting and measles cases are rising: What does this mean for students and parents? lancasteronline.com/news/health/...
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School is starting and measles cases are rising: What does this mean for students and parents?
Given the mounting number of measles cases in Lancaster County and classes starting for some schools this week, parents may be wondering – how worried should they be?
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Anne Garber, LNP | LancasterOnline @annegarber0406.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Union Community Care announces merger with Berks Community Health Center lancasteronline.com/news/health/...
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Union Community Care announces merger with Berks Community Health Center
Union Community Care, a Lancaster County-based nonprofit community health center, is expanding into Berks County.
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Anne Garber, LNP | LancasterOnline @annegarber0406.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
'Culturally competent' physician offers cash-based, hands-on approach to medicine in Earl Township lancasteronline.com/news/health/...
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'Culturally competent' physician offers cash-based, hands-on approach to medicine in Earl Township
Growing up in an Amish-Mennonite family in rural Leacock Township, Dr. Thomas Fisher recognized a need for doctors who could relate to the Plain community.
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Anne Garber, LNP | LancasterOnline @annegarber0406.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Public can now search for vaccination rate data by school via interactive online tool lancasteronline.com/news/health/...
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Public can now search for vaccination rate data by school via interactive online tool
Parents who want to find out what the vaccination rates are at their children’s schools can now locate that information easily.
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Anne Garber, LNP | LancasterOnline @annegarber0406.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Lancaster County measles count rises by 28 since Monday; hospitalizations up lancasteronline.com/news/health/...
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Lancaster County measles count rises by 28 since Monday; hospitalizations up
As both Lancaster County and the state have seen the biggest four-day spike in measles cases so far this year, local doctors are expressing alarm for people who are unvaccinated,
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Anne Garber, LNP | LancasterOnline @annegarber0406.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Lancaster County tallies over 100 cases of measles this year; ranks 7th in US for measles cases lancasteronline.com/news/health/...
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Lancaster County tallies over 100 cases of measles this year; ranks 7th in US for measles cases
As the regional measles outbreak centered in Lancaster County enters the fourth month, the number of people sickened with the illness here has now surpassed 100, with six new cases
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Anne Garber, LNP | LancasterOnline @annegarber0406.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
14 new measles cases in Lancaster County since Monday lancasteronline.com/news/health/...
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14 new measles cases in Lancaster County since Monday
For the second week in a row, the number of people in Lancaster County sickened with measles has risen by 14 in a four-day span.
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Anne Garber, LNP | LancasterOnline @annegarber0406.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Lancaster County Immunization Coalition works behind the scenes to promote vaccination lancasteronline.com/news/health/...
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Lancaster County Immunization Coalition works behind the scenes to promote vaccination
Retired Lancaster County family physician Dr. Alan Peterson still recalls the dreadful feeling his family had when his younger sister was diagnosed with polio, even though it was over 70
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Anne Garber, LNP | LancasterOnline @annegarber0406.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Lancaster County Partnership for Public Health to take a more active role in public health education lancasteronline.com/news/health/...
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Lancaster County Partnership for Public Health to take a more active role in public health education
As Lancaster County faces its largest measles outbreak in recent history and other public health challenges, a nonpartisan, volunteer group of health experts and community leaders plans to take a
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Anne Garber, LNP | LancasterOnline @annegarber0406.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Lancaster County ranks 9th in US for measles cases as health systems tighten precautions lancasteronline.com/news/health/...
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Lancaster County ranks 9th in US for measles cases as health systems tighten precautions
Lancaster County now ranks ninth in the country for the number of measles cases that have occurred in one county or region in 2026.
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Anne Garber, LNP | LancasterOnline @annegarber0406.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
'You want to take away the pain of your child:' Fulton Twp. farm family holds fundraiser for baby with rare disease lancasteronline.com/news/health/...
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'You want to take away the pain of your child:' Fulton Twp. farm family holds fundraiser for baby with rare disease
On the day 18-month-old Grant Kirk of Fulton Township was diagnosed with an ultrarare neurogenetic disease, doctors were shocked as he hadn’t experienced any seizures that are so common with
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Anne Garber, LNP | LancasterOnline @annegarber0406.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Unvaccinated with measles symptoms?: LGH asks please do not enter facilities without guidance lancasteronline.com/news/health/...
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Unvaccinated with measles symptoms?: LGH asks please do not enter facilities without guidance
Editor's note: This brief was updated to include when LGH and certain Penn Medicine LG Health locations added the "Measles Alert" signs.
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Anne Garber, LNP | LancasterOnline @annegarber0406.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Lancaster County now has highest number of measles cases per capita after 14-case jump in 4 days lancasteronline.com/news/health/...
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Lancaster County now has highest number of measles cases per capita after 14-case jump in 4 days
With 14 new measles cases reported here since Monday, Lancaster County now leads the state in the most cases per capita this year.
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Anne Garber, LNP | LancasterOnline @annegarber0406.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Lancaster County records 6 new measles cases in the past week: county total for 2026 stands at 69 lancasteronline.com/news/health/...
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Lancaster County records 6 new measles cases in the past week: county total for 2026 stands at 69
As the regional measles outbreak centered in Lancaster County approaches its fourth month, six more people in the county have fallen ill with the virus here in the past week.
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Anne Garber, LNP | LancasterOnline @annegarber0406.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
No indication cyclospora infection has made its way to Lancaster County lancasteronline.com/news/health/...
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No indication cyclospora infection has made its way to Lancaster County
While the Midwest has seen an unusually large multistate outbreak of the intestinal illness cyclosporiasis this summer, there is little evidence to suggest the infection has sickened people in Lancast...
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Anne Garber, LNP | LancasterOnline @annegarber0406.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
From 'howdy' to 'happy trails:' A day in the life of Manheim Township's pediatric cowboy dentist lancasteronline.com/news/health/...
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From 'howdy' to 'happy trails:' A day in the life of Manheim Township's pediatric cowboy dentist
At 7:50 a.m. on an oppressively hot June day, pediatric dentist Dr. Aaron Miller, wearing jeans held up by a leather belt with a large silver buckle, swaps out his
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Anne Garber, LNP | LancasterOnline @annegarber0406.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
'Benadryl challenge' social media trend sends 2 Lancaster County teens to ICU lancasteronline.com/news/health/...
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'Benadryl challenge' social media trend sends 2 Lancaster County teens to ICU
A dangerous social media fad has resulted in the recent admittance of at least two Lancaster County teenagers into the intensive care unit at Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health, with
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Anne Garber, LNP | LancasterOnline @annegarber0406.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Measles cases rise by 7 in Lancaster County in past week; Chester and York counties also see new cases lancasteronline.com/news/health/...
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Measles cases rise by 7 in Lancaster County in past week; Chester and York counties also see new cases
The measles virus continues to spread in the region, with seven more people infected in Lancaster County in the past week.
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Anne Garber, LNP | LancasterOnline @annegarber0406.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
New childcare center in Penn Township will include spots for 80 children lancasteronline.com/news/health/...
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New childcare center in Penn Township will include spots for 80 children
A new childcare center is coming to Penn Township, the first daycare facility in the greater Manheim area in recent years.
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Anne Garber, LNP | LancasterOnline @annegarber0406.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Mosquito hunter: Behind the scenes of Lancaster County's West Nile virus prevention program lancasteronline.com/news/health/...
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Mosquito hunter: Behind the scenes of Lancaster County's West Nile virus prevention program
Lydia Mohn didn’t plan for a career working with bugs, but now the 25-year-old spends her summer days hunting mosquitoes in Lancaster and Lebanon counties in an effort to keep
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Anne Garber, LNP | LancasterOnline @annegarber0406.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
7 new measles cases in Lancaster County in the past week lancasteronline.com/news/health/...
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7 new measles cases in Lancaster County in the past week
Editor's note: This article has been updated to include a response from the state Department of Health regarding vaccination status.
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Anne Garber, LNP | LancasterOnline @annegarber0406.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Following attack, LG Health's nurse scientist's violence prevention efforts to be recognized nationally lancasteronline.com/news/health/...
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Following attack, LG Health's nurse scientist's violence prevention efforts to be recognized nationally
As the punches rained down on his face, Christian Burchill was paralyzed by shock.
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Anne Garber, LNP | LancasterOnline @annegarber0406.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Doctors warn of severe adult measles cases as Lancaster County outbreak grows lancasteronline.com/news/health/...
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Doctors warn of severe adult measles cases as Lancaster County outbreak grows
As a regional measles outbreak that includes more than 40 Lancaster County cases continues to grow, a handful of “very sick” adults with the virus have needed inpatient treatment at
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