health care

Tens of millions of people — from the Great Lakes to Long Island to as far south as the Chesapeake Bay — have been breathing unhealthy air from Canada...

OLEAN, N.Y. — Olean General Hospital and its parent organization will pay almost $3 million to federal investigators for giving benefits to patients w...

The YWCA Bradford Victims’ Resource Center will hold a Healthcare Fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday at Grace Lutheran Church, 79 Mechanic St. The eve...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — More private schools across Western Pennsylvania are starting nursing programs to meet student and community needs as the country’s...

On an average day people don’t typically think about the worst happening at any moment, but then a sudden pain fills your chest, a family member has a...

Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer’s heart is in the right place: he wants to lower health care and prescription drug costs for New Yorkers and fo...

OLEAN, N.Y. — The Upper Allegheny Health System Board of Directors has elected Dr. Muhammed Javed as chairman — he steps into the role succeeding Jeff...

HARRISBURG — A majority of Pennsylvania’s rural hospitals don’t deliver babies, mirroring a nationwide trend that leaves expectant mothers to the fate...

OBSERVANCE. Today, May 12, is International Nurses Day, a much deserved day of recognition of nurses of all kinds. During folks’ most vulnerable momen...

During National Nurses Week, May 6-12, I want to recognize and thank the more than 1,500 nurses I represent at UPMC in north central Pennsylvania, as ...

DUBOIS — Effective May 1, Penn Highlands Healthcare has lifted the mask mandate that had been in place at its hospitals, outpatient facilities, long-t...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services wants the state’s attorney general to recoup $7.3 million from 189 home-health and ot...

VOLUNTEERS. Not the football team. It’s National Volunteer Week. First, a thank you to all those in the community who give their time to others — it m...

More than three quarters of nonprofit U.S. hospitals invested less in their communities than they received in tax benefits, including UPMC Presbyteria...

SUNBURY — Average weekly pay for travel nurses working in Pennsylvania fell 10% in March month-over-month, the steepest dip in a continued decline sin...

PITTSBURGH — Medicaid benefits for Pennsylvania residents are in limbo as temporary protections implemented during the pandemic end for the first time...

Healthcare is one industry that is never constant and is always changing. Hospitals and entire healthcare systems must adapt to maintain relevancy and...

If overly expensive health care in the United States could be summarized in a single headline, this one from The New York Times would be a good candid...

Access to quality healthcare is a struggle across the nation and especially for rural communities. University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) has ...

The past year has seen a lot of progress at Bradford Regional Medical Center. With a new administration taking the helm following a few tumultuous yea...