Erie, PA The Erie County Department of Health confirms that a mosquito group collected in Millcreek Township on July 9, 2024 has tested positive for West Nile virus. This is the first mosquito group to test positive in Erie County this year. At this time, no human cases have been reported in Erie County.

Recently, the US House Appropriations Committee advanced on a party-line vote a legislative package that would slash funding for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for fiscal 2025 by $7.5 billion, or 6.4 percent, below the fiscal 2024 level. The bill cleared the committee 31 to 25 and now heads to the full House, which is scheduled to vote on it before August. The House's proposal drastically reducing funding to Title X, the Ending the HIV Epidemic initiative, and other critical programs, as well as the House's inclusion of language restricting access to abortion, limiting care for LGBTQ individuals, and drastically restructuring the National Institutes of Health. This bill would cut the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) injury prevention program and its opioid overdose prevention and surveillance initiative.

Make your voice heard by filling out the PA LGBTQ Health Needs Assessment, a biannual survey conducted to evaluate health needs, health disparities, and barriers to care impacting LGBTQ+ Pennsylvanians. Funded by the Pennsylvania Department of Health, the PA LGBTQ Health Needs Assessment is seeking responses from members of the LGBTQ+ community about their own healthcare experiences and health needs as opposed to asking the healthcare professionals that serve LGBTQ+ people what those needs are.