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PITTSBURGH (TNS) — Independence Health System has introduced a new service that capitalizes on an overwhelming patient medical need and two new medici...

The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford is one of only 145 universities and colleges around the world to be honored by Exercise is Medicine® for its ...

DuBOIS — Did you know that most babies in the United States have been breastfed? According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 83.1% of...

SMETHPORT — A new provider has joined the Smethport Family Health Center, a primary care practice owned and operated by Olean General Hospital (OGH) a...

PORT ALLEGANY — Northern Pennsylvania Regional College’s Workforce Development department is providing an opportunity for McKean County area residents...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — Just as coronavirus transmission fluctuated in waves, so too have our responses to it. The world is four years from the acute phase...

HeartStrings Gift Shop, located on the ground floor of Bradford Regional Medical Center, is more than just a cute place to find adorable nicknacks. It...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Glenn Thompson announced the Dickinson Center Building Project in St. Marys as the recipient of a $750,000 grant from the Appal...

Johnsonburg is a small borough on the Clarion River in Elk County. Home to a paper mill, it has a unique scent in its air. “You can smell it before yo...

HARRISBURG (TNS) —The Pennsylvania Insurance Department will soon have the tools necessary to rein in retail prescription costs by regulating drug mid...

PETS: We know this is ground we’ve covered before, but it’s important for people and for animals, too. It’s the power of pets. We’re not talking about...

ERIE — Community Blood Bank, the exclusive provider of blood and blood products to 16 hospitals in Northwest Pennsylvania and Western New York, as wel...

HARRISBURG — Among a flurry of bills signed into law recently, Pennsylvania has taken a step in reducing the barriers created by non-compete agreement...

Paying for healthcare in America is a complicated business. In recent years, the government has taken valuable steps to reduce the harm that unexpecte...

COUDERSPORT — Break the Chains Coalition has moved its Eighth Annual BTC Festival to Coudersport’s town square July 26 and 27. Opening with a prayer o...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — A bill placing regulations on pharmacy benefit managers is headed to Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s desk. The bill, which began i...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — Geisinger Medical Center will begin work next year on an $880 million expansion at its flagship Montour County hospital, which will...

DuBOIS — Hepatitis is inflammation of the liver, which is swelling that occurs when tissues are injured or infected. Liver inflammation can be caused ...

ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — Students in the Master’s Entry to Practice (MEP) nursing program at St. Bonaventure University had an experience this summer t...

Five area students were recently awarded scholarships stewarded by the Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation. Alexis Kemp of Oswayo Valley and Jaely...