health care

UPMC isn't going to budge on its decision to shut down labor and delivery care at UPMC Cole. That was the result of a recent meeting jam-packed with c...

A measles outbreak inWest TexasandNew Mexicohas killed a child and sickened more than 130 people, and public health experts fear it’s only the beginni...

DuBOIS — Penn Highlands Healthcare at Home announced Cindy DeNoon, a registered nurse, received the inaugural Lisa Isadore Hospice Caregiver of the Ye...

HARRISBURG — The Department of Aging has received flat funding for the past six years. Before the House Appropriations Committee, Secretary Jason Kavu...

Dr. Yvon Woappi ’11, who researches wound healing and regeneration at his lab at Columbia University, will address the University of Pittsburgh at Bra...

How many of us know what goes into the development of the medications we take? We take a medicine and hope that it will work, that we’ll feel better s...

State Rep. Martin Causer, R-Turtlepoint, will hold his satellite office hours March 6, at the following locations: Emporium Borough Office – 9 to 10 a...

As February’s Heart Month comes to a close and Women’s History Month begins, it’s the perfect time to highlight a critical health issue that too often...

(TNS) With the rise of obesity drugs a pair of Penn State researchers set out to answer a question: could drugs aimed at weight loss help battle opioi...

Taxpayers spent $74.5 million to help develop the prostate cancer-fighting drug Xtandi, but its sky-high sticker price is limiting access to patients ...

HARRISBURG — "We all just need a little break. It’s been a tough hearing,” said Department of Health Secretary Dr. Debra Bogen toward the end of her t...

Community Blood Bank of Northwestern PA and Western NY will host a blood drive noon to 5 p.m. Monday at St Bernard Church, 95 E. Corydon St. Every day...

PORTVILLE, N.Y. — February is Rare Disease Awareness month. The upcoming week has been declared Rare Disease Awareness week, with Rare Disease Day bei...

ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — St. Bonaventure University has added a master’s degree in Speech-Language Pathology to its portfolio of programs in the Dennis...

DEAR RUSTY: I have reached my full retirement age (66 plus 8 months) and plan to apply for Social Security this month, but I’ve seen articles that say...

HARRISBURG — State Rep. Mike Armanini, R-DuBois, shared that more than $230,000 in Fire Company and Emergency Medical Services Grants were awarded to ...

HARRISBURG —Treating traumatic brain injury, or TBI, can be a long and costly road. Experts in the field say that leaving these injuries untreated or ...

Applications for scholarships through both the Elk County and McKean County community foundations are now open for high school seniors as well as non-...

Speech Path Solutions opened its doors Jan. 29 at 125 Main St., Room 501, in the Hooker Fulton Building, offering a variety of services to educate par...

Got the sniffles? Is it the common cold, or the beginning of something worse that might knock you out of commission for a while? Between Sept. 29 and ...