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The Penn State Extension will host a webinar on Ticks and Tickborne Diseases in Pennsylvania in May. The webinar is for woodlot owners and will focus ...

HARRISBURG — The Wolf Administration confirmed the state’s first COVID-19-related death, an adult from Northampton County. This individual was being t...

Wildlife, management of the resources, and sportsmen — coupled with science — is important for the wellbeing of a number of species. A good example is...

UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State Extension has established a new vector-borne disease team that focuses on diseases transmitted by ticks and mosquitos. To...

White-nose syndrome has killed 99 percent of most cave-bat species. Chronic wasting disease continues to spread to new parts of Pennsylvania, infectin...

Dr. Jill Owens of Bradford Family Medicine will talk about Lyme disease at 1 p.m. June 22 at Bradford Area Public Library. The program — don’t let tha...

As you drive or walk by local forests, you may look at the greenery and tall trees and think all is well, and that the forest is healthy. What you may...

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection announced that it is conducting a five-year environmental surveillance of ticks t...

Bradford Area Public Library is offering a program on pet care from 3 to 4 p.m. Saturday. Dr. Brad MacNeill of the McKean County Animal Hospital will ...

University of Pittsburgh at Bradford student Tyler Morris on Tuesday took his metallic red mobility scooter to Harrisburg to advocate for others with ...

Bradford Regional Medical Center will present “What you need to know about vascular disease and how it can change your life” June 12 at The Bradford C...

Heart disease and cancer are the top two causes of death for residents of McKean County, according to results released by the state Department of Heal...

“You want a battle? Here’s a war.” Such is the mindset of Heather Whittemore, owner of On the Side Books in Bradford. Just in time for May, which happ...

TICK FEST: They are not vampires, but they will suck your blood and leave you ill. Ticks pose an ever-increasing threat to the health of residents, an...

“You want a battle? Here’s a war.” Such is the mindset of Heather Whittemore, owner of On the Side Books in Bradford. Just in time for May, which happ...

ST. MARYS — Dr. Robert J. Schmidt, M.D., has announced his December 2017 recertification as a Diplomate of the American Board of Clinical Lipidology. ...

COUDERSPORT — As a mother who lost two young children to a terrible disease, Jessica Bonczar Kenley understands and knows the profound, lasting grief ...

Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) was first detected in 1967 in a captive mule deer research facility in Colorado. Since then the problem has been growing...

BROCCOLI: Your parents were right. That broccoli that you pushed to the corner of your plate as a child may have more health benefits than even they r...

When Jessica Bundy was diagnosed with breast cancer in December of 2016, she learned that she not only had two different types of breast cancer, but a...