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A group of Democratic Pennsylvania lawmakers announced a bill Friday that would require price transparency from health care providers. It’s a good ide...

More than 4% of Pennsylvanians, about 550,000 people, are qualified by the state government to use marijuana to treat pain, anxiety disorders, epileps...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — Pennsylvania’s health secretary will leave her post next week, just four months after taking the job, Gov. Tom Wolf’s office announ...

ALBANY, N.Y. — The New York State Department of Health has updated its list of impacted hospitals and regions. In addition to 39 other New York hospit...

It’s one of the smartest moves by state government in a long time. On-site testing for the COVID-19 virus will be available at schools across the comm...

HARRISBURG — As Pennsylvania hits the milestone that more than 80% of adults have received a dose of the COVID vaccine, the state announced two new in...

The Wolf administration has proposed new staffing requirements for nursing homes, a measure that industry groups say is simply unattainable. Acting Se...

HARRISBURG (AP) — Pennsylvania’s Department of Health has reduced the number of COVID-19 vaccine doses that had been administered by about 500,000, sa...

McKean County is the only one in Pennsylvania to be listed in the category of substantial community spread of COVID-19. In the weekly status report is...

The local area had 2 more cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, both in Elk County, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. Elk County now has 2,8...

McKean County had 4 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, the one of the local counties to see an increase, the Pennsylvania Department of Health reported ...

AUXILIARY OF THE BRADFORD ECUMENICAL HOME will meet at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at St. Francis of Assisi social hall on St. Francis Drive. Follow the curre...

The Pennsylvania Department of Health has announced support for vaccination of those age 12 and over, following the approval of the Pfizer vaccine for...

Gov. Tom Wolf announced Tuesday that all mitigation efforts, with the exception of mask wearing, will be lifted on Memorial Day. Requirements such as ...

HARRISBURG — The Wolf administration, in coordination with the COVID-19 Vaccine Joint Task Force, announced that mitigation orders except masking will...

McKean County is back on the map for COVID-19 vaccine distribution, and the plan for April looks busy. Two locations in McKean County, Bradford Region...

Masking requirements for Pennsylvanians who are fully vaccinated have been amended. The Pennsylvania Department of Health announced the amendment Mond...

HARRISBURG — On Tuesday, Acting Secretary of Health Alison Beam signed an updated order making March 31 the date by which all vaccine providers should...

The Pennsylvania Department of Health reported only 4 new cases of COVID-19 in the local area on Monday. There were 3 new cases in Elk County, bringin...

There were seven new cases of COVID-19 in the local region over the weekend, as reported by the Pennsylvania Department of Health on Sunday. McKean Co...