health sciences

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

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 — 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...

PITTSBURGH – Bird flu, or H5N1 virus, in unpasteurized milk is stable on metal and rubber components of commercial milking equipment for at least one ...

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...

DUBOIS — As anyone who has experienced a migraine knows, it is much more than a bad headache. It can be a debilitating condition, making daily activit...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — An innovative study of a breast cancer vaccine is officially underway, as UPMC announced Thursday that the first participant had re...

(TNS) — As tensions with China continue to rise, especially over trade and sensitive technological theft, it is critical that one facet of our nationa...

OLEAN, N.Y. — The Olean General Hospital Foundation (OGHF) held its fourteenth annual Golf to Fight Cancer golf tournament on May 22 at the Bartlett C...

DuBOIS — Approximately 50 million Americans have an autoimmune disease, and four out of five of those are women. An autoimmune disease is a condition ...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — New programs in nursing and engineering could be headed to Slippery Rock University in 2025. During Council of Trustees meetings th...

Tina Hendryx is used to being around the elderly in their final years. For more than 30 years, Hendryx has been a registered nurse who has worked in e...

The Bradford Ecumenical Home, Inc. has awarded two area senior high school students with the Ann E. Lee Nursing Scholarship. Emily Morgan of Bradford ...

DuBOIS — Hearing loss is a common problem for older adults. About 33% of adults between the ages of 65 and 75 experience hearing loss, and you have a ...

DuBois – There was a time when practically no one contracted pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough, but now cases are rising throughout the coun...

HARRISBURG — Concluding a national search the Pennsylvania Association of Community Health Centers (PACHC) announced the appointment of Shelley Riser ...