epidemiology

HARRISBURG (TNS)—If you got together with friends or family this holiday season, you probably heard about someone who was, as the saying goes, as sick...

Avian influenza is suspected to have caused the deaths of about 200 snow geese found Monday in the greater Allentown area. Dead birds were recovered f...

PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — As more cases of bird flu are reported across species and locations, states across the country are taking precautionary measures ...

The sleep disorders center at Bradford Regional Medical Center (BRMC), a Kaleida Health facility, achieved a milestone in patient care by completing m...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — It’s that time of year when talk turns to holiday plans and that thing “that’s going around.” The official start of winter has not ...

DuBOIS — Lung cancer is the third most common cancer and the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the U.S., and according to the American Lung As...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — Every morning and night, 7-year old Ford Bartle drinks a smoothie with nine pills crushed up inside. Those pills — newly approved b...

DuBOIS — Approximately 1 in 56 men and 1 in 60 women will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer at some point in their lives, and Pennsylvania has sligh...

DuBOIS — “Spring forward. Fall back.” Do you remember that mnemonic device to recall which direction to turn the clocks for Daylight Saving Time? On S...

OLEAN, N.Y. — Olean Medical Group (OMG), a Kaleida Health organization, welcomed Dr. Mohammed Alsaggaf, a physician specializing in pulmonology, criti...

DuBOIS — In the United States, 1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer, but when caught in its earliest stages, the 5-year relative survival...

DuBOIS — While the majority of women who get their annual mammograms will receive normal results, approximately 10% will be told that the radiologist ...

Calling all cottontail rabbit and snowshoe hare hunters: the Pennsylvania Game Commission needs your help, not on one front, but two. The agency has q...

DuBOIS — In the United States, 1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer, but when caught in its earliest stages, the 5-year relative survival...

DuBOIS — Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers for women in the United States. The American Cancer Society estimates that approximately 310,...

DuBOIS — From football games to festivals, the fall is filled with many fun activities that put people close together. It’s important to remember that...

DuBOIS — Penn Highlands Healthcare joins the national effort in commemorating September as Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) Awareness Month, which is d...

DuBOIS — Practically everyone has had an infection at some point in their life. Most people take an antibiotic and they recover. However, it is import...

OLEAN, N.Y. — Olean Medical Group (OMG), a Kaleida Health organization, announced the appointment of Dr. Shazia Siddiqi, pediatrics. Siddiqi will trea...

DuBOIS — Prostate cancer is the second most common type of cancer in men and the second leading cause of cancer deaths in men. Approximately 1 in 8 me...