Nation, News
Jan 11, 2016
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mammograms do the most good later in life, a government task force declared Monday in recommending that women get one every other ye...
Nation, News
Jan 05, 2016
STONY BROOK, N.Y. (AP) — Dunia Sibomana was considered the lucky one two years ago when a group of chimpanzees jumped from the trees and attacked him ...
Nation, News
Dec 13, 2015
CHICAGO (AP) — Irwin Weiner felt so good after heart surgery a few weeks before turning 90 that he stopped for a pastrami sandwich on the way home fro...
Nation, News
Dec 09, 2015
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — The University of Vermont medical school is offering what is believed to be one of the nation's first full courses in the scien...
Nation, News
Dec 07, 2015
ATLANTA (AP) — A recent MRI showing no cancer on Jimmy Carter's brain is "very positive" news for the former president but will not end his medical tr...
Nation, News
Nov 23, 2015
Grant Hasse was born with two very rare conditions — one that's usually fatal, the other that should have left him unable to talk. But at almost 4 yea...
Nation, News
Nov 22, 2015
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — A newly approved drug is being hailed as a major advance in treatment of cystic fibrosis, a life-threatening genetic disease th...
Nation, News
Nov 21, 2015
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada has created health guidelines for cryotherapy after a Las Vegas spa worker was found dead in a tank that subjects users to sub...
Nation, News
Nov 16, 2015
NEW YORK (AP) — A volunteer firefighter badly burned in a 2001 blaze has received the most extensive face transplant ever, covering his skull and much...
Nation, News
Nov 15, 2015
WASHINGTON (AP) — When a 2-year-old returned sick from a visit to India, U.S. doctors suspected tuberculosis even though standard tests said no. It wo...
Nation, News
Nov 12, 2015
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Linda Horan, diagnosed in July with late-stage lung cancer, says she may be dead before New Hampshire opens its first medical mar...
Nation, News
Nov 11, 2015
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Many cancer treatments have a dark side — they can damage the heart. New research suggests this risk might be lowered in women wi...
Nation, News
Nov 09, 2015
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — You can't buy hearts, kidneys or other organs but money can still help you get one. Wealthy people are more likely to get on mult...
Nation, News
Nov 02, 2015
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Jimmy Carter resumed his role as Habitat for Humanity's most prominent booster on Monday, donning a white hard hat and a worn le...
Nation, News
Nov 02, 2015
WASHINGTON (AP) — Improvise isn't a word parents want to hear from their kid's doctor. Yet pediatric specialists too often have to jury-rig care becau...
Nation, News
Oct 23, 2015
NEW YORK (AP) — Arrested in a 19-person drug sweep, Tyrone Howard was one of only three who got sent to drug court, which offered him treatment instea...
Entertainment, Lifestyles
Oct 22, 2015
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lamar Odom's family says his speech is improving as he undergoes therapy in Los Angeles more than a week after the former NBA star ...
Nation, News
Oct 20, 2015
CHICAGO (AP) — New mammogram advice from the American Cancer Society says most women should start annual screenings at age 45 instead of 40, a change ...
News, World
Oct 13, 2015
JERUSALEM (AP) — As a wave of violence sweeps across Jerusalem, victims and perpetrators are often surprised to be reunited — at each other's bedside ...
Entertainment, Lifestyles
Oct 08, 2015
NEW YORK (AP) — Selena Gomez has revealed that she's battling the debilitating immune system disorder lupus. "I was diagnosed with lupus, and I've bee...
Nation & World, PA State News
June 15, 2025
UNIVERSITY PARK — Entire regions of trees are disappearing because of invasive pests, disease and a changing climate. The key to their ability to adap...
PA State News
June 15, 2025
HARRISBURG (TNS) — Brad Hatch grew up near Altoona and started his career as a teacher in the local school district, working his way up to assistant p...
PA State News
June 14, 2025
PHILADELPHIA (TNS)— For months after he was arrested in March 2024 on charges of masturbating in a Montgomery County cemetery, Matthew Gagat continued...
Local News, Nation & World
June 14, 2025
Veterans Square was packed Saturday afternoon as residents came together to express their discontent with the current administration during the local ...
June 14, 2025
HARRISBURG (TNS) — Reform advocates are making another push to limit the use of solitary confinement in Pennsylvania prisons and jails, a long-running...
Local Sports
June 14, 2025
BROCKWAY - The 10th Annual Frank Varischetti All-Star Football game is slated for the end of the month, and several area players were recognized for t...
