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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 ...

The American Red Cross of Greater Pennsylvania is seeking dedicated volunteers in rural communities to respond to local disasters, help donors at bloo...

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. MARYS — Dickinson Center Inc. (DCI), a nonprofit organization and affiliate of Journey Health System (JHS), announced it has exceeded its $1.5 mil...

When adults have their routine eye exams, they commonly have a test for glaucoma. Glaucoma is a group of diseases that damage the eye’s optic nerve an...

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 (TNS)—The official number of people that have contracted bird flu in the past year, 68 to be exact, has been relatively small. A new study ...

SOCIAL: How “social” is social media? Studies have shown it can have detrimental impacts on users. Multiple studies have linked high usage to increase...

The Pennsylvania Game Commission announced Wednesday an additional chronic wasting disease-positive deer has been detected in the northeastern part of...

COUDERSPORT — Those who volunteer to prepare large quantities of food for the public may want to attend a Penn State Extension workshop titled “Cookin...

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 ...

RIDGWAY — A comprehensive CROWNS Safety Training series designed specifically for individuals with intellectual disabilities (IDD) will be presented a...

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

DuBOIS — It’s winter and one thing that’s almost as certain as cold weather is that small children will develop ear infections. otitis media, the medi...

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...

DEAR ABBY: I'm fortunate that most of my neighbors are kind and considerate. We've all enjoyed sharing each other's celebrations. However, there's one...

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 ...