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HARRISBURG — On Sunday, the Pennsylvania Department of Health confirmed that there are 1,295 additional positive cases of COVID-19, bringing the state...

BIRDS: We received a call on Tuesday to share some birding news. A reader from Limestone called to tell us he had orioles and a hummingbird stop to vi...

Visiting a doctor’s office or hospital can be unnerving with all the uncertainties individuals are experiencing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Unfortun...

As 24 counties including McKean, Elk, Cameron and Potter opened in limited operations on Friday, Gov. Tom Wolf announced 13 more counties that can do ...

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Department of Health confirmed that there are 1,323 additional positive cases of COVID-19, bringing the statewide total ...

Lately, my country has caught the attention of the media in the United States for an unexpected reason. As the entire world struggles to manage the sp...

In celebration of Skilled Nursing Care Week, the Bradford Ecumenical home embraced the national theme of “Sharing our Wisdom” by interviewing senior r...

OLEAN, N.Y. — Officials at Olean General Hospital and the Cattaraugus County Health Department have announced plans to dramatically increase COVID-19 ...

WASHINGTON — On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), awa...

With National Nurses Week celebrated May 6-12 this year, there is no better time to honor and thank those nurses on the front lines protecting our hea...

UNIVERSITY PARK — By manipulating the expression of one gene, geneticists can induce a form of “stress memory” in plants that is inherited by some pro...

A Kane man is apparently the first McKean County resident to die of COVID-19. While the official state count on Wednesday still lists the county’s dea...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., chairman of the Senate Finance Subcommittee on Health Care, convened a virtual roundtable Wednesday focusing...

On Wednesday, the Pennsylvania Department of Health reported 888 new positive cases of COVID-19, which brings the statewide total to 51,845. The numbe...

HARRISBURG — Gov. Tom Wolf announced the availability of a program to provide free N95 respirator decontamination to healthcare facilities, first resp...

As I have mentioned in earlier articles, people with obsessions — those who literally eat, drink and sleep their passions — are fascinating studies. W...

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Department of Health confirmed that there are 865 additional positive cases of COVID-19, bringing the statewide total to...

HARRISBURG — To continue to limit the spread of COVID-19, Governor Tom Wolf today provided guidance that details procedures businesses must follow to ...

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Department of Health confirmed that there are 825 additional positive cases of COVID-19, bringing the statewide total to...

According to the Pennsylvania Department of Health, the statewide total of positive COVID-19 cases in Pennsylvania reached 49,267 on Sunday, up 962 fr...