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PITTSBURGH (TNS) — A mental health patient in an Eastern Pennsylvania emergency room recently wrapped a towel around the neck of a staffer and dragged...

HARRISBURG — Health care deserts are growing larger in Pennsylvania. “There were 33 hospital closures in the past 20 years, including 15 in the past f...

Let me open my comments by stating that I wholly support maintaining the Bradford Regional Medical Center buildings in first-class condition and, if n...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — A bipartisan pair of state senators plan another push to allow nurse practitioners to work independently in Pennsylvania, enabling ...

A new COVID-19 variant called XBB.1.5 is driving a new wave of infections. But susceptibility to it is not, as some contend, being fueled by vaccines....

DUBOIS — Joint replacement is one of the most commonly performed elective surgical procedures in the United States. For the past two years, the highly...

Pennsylvania’s Child Health Insurance Program is now 30 years old. Since 1992, it has been a pathway to healthy lives for children in the Keystone Sta...

Seasonal flu activity across the country is higher than it has been at this time for the past five seasons, according to the Pennsylvania Department o...

Something is altering the normal seasonal currents of cold and flu viruses. They slowed to a trickle during the early part of the COVID-19 pandemic on...

As we marked National Rural Health Day this year (Nov. 17), we are reminded that a strong community is rooted in its people. The Biden administration ...

The signs have been cropping up around town — “Save Our Hospital.” The committee has 500 of the signs available, at a suggested donation of $5 each to...

The Chamber of Commerce business after hours hosted UPMC Kane’s annual meeting at Logyard Brewing last Thursday for an update from hospital President ...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — Pennsylvania lawmakers this week approved a bill they say will end many problems related to “prior authorization” — where an insura...

PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — A subculture of foragers is scouring a growing host of social media groups, hashtags and phone apps to find and identify mushroom...

SAYRE— Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital’s First Impressions Birthing Center recently hosted the 7th annual Remembrance Walk to honor and remember childr...

Hospitals in Pennsylvania support one in 10 jobs and contribute a fifth of the state’s entire gross domestic product, according to a report released T...

OLEAN — Olean General Hospital and Bradford Regional Medical Center announce the recent appointment of an infectious disease specialist, Dr. Avrille G...

PHILADELPHIA — Throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, certain counties, particularly in the Appalachian region, are experiencing disproportionat...

SAYRE — Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval and the American Stroke Association’s Heart-Check mark ...

Alan Nichols was “basically put to death” in a Toronto hospital, his brother Gary told the Associated Press. Nichols was 61 years old, with a history ...