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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...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — Julie Bonnett has been a personal trainer and group fitness instructor for 22 years, amassing a list of certifications too numerous...

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) — The U.S. Department of Labor and OSHA have proposed the first-ever federal safety standard addressing excessive heat in the workpla...

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 (AP) — Pennsylvania’s Senate on Wednesday approved a bill to encourage school districts to start a pilot program that effectively bans stud...

ST. MARYS — The Emporium Knights of Columbus Council 990 and the Emporium Christabelle Club recently donated to Dickinson Center Inc.’s “Building for ...

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...

Each March, as part of professional development offerings, Hampton High School provides a health and wellness fair for teachers, and workshops sponsor...

Health fairs, wellness fairs, health and wellness fairs — they go by these names and more. Call them what you will, for the terminology is hardly impo...

Members of the Allegheny County Schools Health Insurance Consortium know and use Highmark’s Virtual Physical Care Program, powered by Sword. This prog...

When the trustees of the Allegheny County Schools Health Insurance Consortium (ACSHIC) introduced small deductibles into this year’s benefits plan, th...

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 — The Pennsylvania Insurance Department (PID) announced that, through the department’s independent external review process for Pennsylvania...