genetics

HARRISBURG — Not every ruffed grouse across Pennsylvania is quite the same as the next. Some — though wild, undomesticated birds — might even be calle...

Flu activity in Pennsylvania and across the nation right now is moderate, but is on the decline, according to the CDC. “Since the beginning of October...

Patients and their doctors count on cancer screening tests to save lives, and yet a number of large, controlled studies are showing disappointing resu...

UNIVERSITY PARK — Although many wild birds carry Salmonella, the strains of the bacteria they convey mostly do not harbor antimicrobial-resistance gen...

STATE COLLEGE — The American Red Cross is facing a national blood crisis – its worst blood shortage in more than a decade. Dangerously low blood suppl...

There’s a lot to be learned about the omicron coronavirus variant, but scientists already know enough to prescribe a rational response to the threat. ...

More women than ever before are surviving breast cancer. The National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF) reports that breast cancer death rates have decl...

Even if we never learn whether COVID-19 escaped from a lab or jumped to humans from animals, the public is entitled to a closer look at what’s going o...

The prospect of a vaccine for COVID-19 reaching the Twin Tiers area is closer and closer. A U.S. government advisory panel endorsed widespread use of ...

The Community Blood Bank is holding a blood drive from noon to 5:30 p.m. Sept. 28 at St. Bernard Catholic Church in Bradford. Appointments are necessa...

ERIE — The American Red Cross needs people of all races and ethnicities to give blood to help ensure a blood supply as diverse as the patients who dep...

UNIVERSITY PARK — By manipulating the expression of one gene, geneticists can induce a form of “stress memory” in plants that is inherited by some pro...

Dr. Rajeev Pillai, IRMC’s interventional cardiologist, has during his three years at IRMC diagnosed several cases of Spontaneous Coronary Artery Disse...

New parents want something for their child. Fun toys. A new stroller, maybe. A safe environment. Opportunities. All Sandi Quinlan, a sixth-grade math ...

A Community Blood Bank blood drive is scheduled for noon to 5:30 p.m. Monday at St. Bernard Catholic Church, 95 E. Corydon St. All donors will be ente...

Flu season is a struggle each year, particularly for young children, the elderly and those who work in the medical profession. According to the state ...

The real-life, friendly vampires, the Community Blood Bank, is hosting an upcoming blood drive at St. Bernards Catholic Church ahead of the Halloween ...

As influenza activity picks up this fall, the American Red Cross is urging healthy donors of all blood types to give blood to ensure a strong blood su...

ERIE — Following a difficult Fourth of July week for blood and platelet donations and ongoing challenges finding new blood donors, the American Red Cr...

UNIVERSITY PARK — Genes in green ash trees that may confer some resistance to attacks by the emerald ash borer express themselves only once the tree d...