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With COVID-19 cases surging in Europe and the possibility of a new late-year wave in the U.S., it is becoming clear that vaccination alone will not re...

For more than a year the world has been fixated on developing and deploying a vaccine for the coronavirus, but scientists have been working for decade...

In Wisconsin, families are suing two school districts for dropping their mask mandates, claiming it resulted in their children’s coronavirus infection...

The battle lines in the war on COVID-19 have been getting blurrier, as infections surge and studies offer changing and sometimes conflicting data on e...

There’s no shortage of anxieties around Covid-19, and that’s not likely to change as we emerge into a post-Covid world . Some things will go back to s...

UNIVERSITY PARK — Students, faculty, staff and others visiting well-traveled areas of Penn State campuses across the state may have noticed or receive...

The prospect of a vaccine for COVID-19 reaching the Twin Tiers area is closer and closer. A U.S. government advisory panel endorsed widespread use of ...

For days, we, the American public, have focused intently on the outcome of our presidential race. But the biggest issue facing our nation, a coronavir...

DuBOIS — To address public health accessibility for individuals to obtain flu vaccinations this year, Penn Highlands Healthcare announces that startin...

Testing for COVID-19 is an important part of reopening after the shutdown. However, many people are wondering where they can get tested. According to ...

Doctors at Geisinger Medical Center said Monday the infection that struck eight babies is a common one found in water and liquids. The infection, call...

WARREN — Help is available to local mothers who want to quit smoking. Quitting all forms of tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, is best for moth...

Christine Lotyczewski is a public health nurse with Ontario County and, as a medical professional, became particularly intrigued when Excellus BlueCro...

SAFETY : With the current craze of raising one’s own poultry, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have issued a warning reminding peop...

Instances of sneezing, coughing and other flu-like symptoms are rampant across the four-county region as the number of cases has skyrocketed. The Penn...

If you’ve ever felt your ears pop while blowing your nose, or had nasal mucus drip down the back of your throat, you’ve experienced the interconnectiv...