health care

Penn College has scheduled an information session for its upcoming LPN course beginning in September. The full-time, one-year Practical Nursing progra...

Bradford Regional Medical Center (BRMC) Sleep Disorders Center recently earned program reaccreditation from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. “T...

ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — Talk about a perfect ending. Every 2024 graduate of St. Bonaventure University’s Physician Assistant Studies program passed th...

PITTSBURGH — About a year and a half ago, my pharmacist approached me as I was picking up prescriptions at Spartan Pharmacy to ask me if I knew what a...

The Guidance Center (TGC) celebrated its 40th anniversary at its annual Employee Appreciation and Years of Service Recognition Event. The Guidance Cen...

OLEAN, N.Y. — Olean General Hospital (OGH) celebrated it’s first-ever cohort of nurses to graduate from the OGH nurse residency program. The year-long...

Rep. Martin Causer, R-Turtlepoint, will once again host a series of Senior Citizens Expos to provide area seniors and their family members and caregiv...

DuBOIS — Penn Highlands Elk Pinecrest Manor is offering a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) certification class that will begin Aug. 12. The classes a...

Bradford Regional Medical Center (BRMC) and Olean General Hospital (OGH) announced Carly Cataldo and Mary Jo Inzana won the July 2024 Star Awards. Cat...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — A bill that would update Pennsylvania’s background check process so that the commonwealth could finally implement interstate licens...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — A new drug for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease was approved by the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday, providing an optio...

HARRISBURG — Dr. Debra Bogen has officially become Pennsylvania’s secretary of the state Health Department after final Senate confirmation on Monday. ...

HARRISBURG — A panel of Pennsylvania Senate lawmakers approved a bill that gives more care authority to nurse practitioners. The proposal is just one ...

HARRISBURG — The state House OK’d a bill Friday that, if passed, will reign in pharmacy benefit managers, which impact prescription pricing and put pr...

UNIVERSITY PARK — Women experiencing opioid-use disorders may face unique challenges accessing treatment, according to a new study led by Penn State r...

HARRISBURG — Rep. Kathy L. Rapp, R-Warren, Republican chair of the House Health Committee, announced her bill to provide financial incentives to recru...

HARRISBURG — Insurance coverage for telemedicine will soon be the rule, not the exception, in Pennsylvania. A bill headed to Gov. Josh Shapiro’s desk ...

PUNXSUTAWNEY (TNS) — A tiny Jefferson County hospital will be the first clinical practice site for a new medical school that’s taking shape at Indiana...

Beacon Light Behavioral Health System, an affiliate of Journey Health System, announced its recent recognition in the Multisystemic Therapy (MST) comm...

Nearby Sheffield, in Warren County, came under the national spotlight earlier this week as the feature of a Washington Post article on aging populatio...