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The State of Children’s Health report by Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children shows that the number of uninsured children in the state decreased dur...

The signs have been cropping up around town — “Save Our Hospital.” The committee has 500 of the signs available, at a suggested donation of $5 each to...

Watching the massacre in Texas unfold in recent weeks, my thoughts immediately turned to Bradford. News coverage showed the hospital in Uvalde, a town...

The McKean County State Health Center has more COVID home test kits to distribute for free this week and next. The center, at 84-90 Boylston St., will...

Is the pandemic responsible for the crisis at Bradford Regional Medical Center? Not in our opinion. A story in Tuesday’s Era quoted Kaleida Health off...

Glenn Youngkin promised to be on the side of parents as Virginia governor, and on his first day in office, he delivered. The Republican issued an exec...

From the very beginning of the pandemic, when we called it coronavirus, political leaders tasked with making moment to moment decisions to protect pub...

Over the past two years, COVID has taken a toll on our community and our country that no one could have imagined back on March 14, 2020, when the firs...

Workers at Allegheny Health Network affiliate Warren General Hospital have voted to strike, straining already fragile medical resources in rural north...

Having entered the holiday season of gratitude and giving, it is an appropriate time to pause and thank the dedicated nurses, providers and staff at B...

A meeting of the Save Our Hospital group on Tuesday garnered lots of discussion on the future of healthcare in the community. Betsy Costello, one of t...

OLEAN, N.Y. — Hospitals in Bradford, Pa., and Olean are calling out to the community for help. Wednesday afternoon, Gail Bagazzoli, chief nursing offi...

I have been reluctant to express my thoughts regarding our community’s access to healthcare because I never want my thoughts to be construed as not su...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Glenn Thompson will host a telephone town hall at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday to answer questions regarding Medicare Open Enrollment. Th...

HOWARD — U.S. Rep. Glenn Thompson will host a telephone townhall at 10:30 a.m. Oct. 26 with an expert from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Servi...

“Save Bradford Hospital,” a grassroots community group hoping to keep its local hospital from curtailing needed services, will hold a town hall meetin...

The rise in COVID-19 cases in the region has had an impact on area nursing homes, many of which are limiting visitation again. Guy and Mary Felt Manor...

This first in what promises to be a series of town hall meetings concerning the fate of Bradford Hospital has been scheduled for 7-9 p.m. Monday, Sept...

The United States is a world leader in medical research, education and technology but a global laggard in health care access across its population. A ...

Potter County’s rate of positivity for COVID-19 is rising again, and only about 26% of the county’s population are fully vaccinated. All four local co...