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Bradford Regional Medical Center submits closure notice; transitioning to outpatient care center

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Bradford Regional Medical Center submits closure notice; transitioning to outpatient care center

Transitioning to outpatient care center

By SARA FURLONG news@bradfordera.com

February 17, 2026

(Editor's note: This story has been updated with additional information available from hospital officials and state Rep. Martin Causer Tuesday afterno...

Are Biden, Trump talking about the same nation?

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Are Biden, Trump talking about the same nation?

DOYLE McMANUS Los Angeles Times

Mar 11, 2024

WASHINGTON (TNS) — To one presidential candidate, the United States is “a failing nation” that’s “descending into a cesspool of ruin.” “In many ways, ...

CDC: Thousands of young kids have been sent to the ER after taking this sleep aid

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CDC: Thousands of young kids have been sent to the ER after taking this sleep aid

CHRIS MAUTNER pennlive.com

Mar 11, 2024

(TNS) — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is warning that almost 11,000 infants and young children have ended up in the emergency room over t...

Bookworm

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Bookworm

?The Unclaimed: Abandonment and Hope in the City of Angels? by Pamela Prickett and Stefan Timmermans c.2024, Crown $30.00 315 pages

Mar 11, 2024

And now you belong. You’ve signed on the dotted line, joined a new church, book club, service group, or savings program. You belong, and you’re ready ...

UAHS highlights ‘quick display of teamwork’ at the Pavilion

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UAHS highlights ‘quick display of teamwork’ at the Pavilion

Mar 11, 2024

Officials with Upper Allegheny Health System are highlighting a positive response to a potential safety concern last week. In the early morning of Mar...

Bidenomics versus the American family

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Bidenomics versus the American family

AKASH CHOUGULE RealClearPolitics

Mar 10, 2024

The president may be proud of “Bidenomics,” with its massive, seismic transformation in the size and scope of government, but to voters, it is raw pai...

If only Congress would focus on the deficit that matters

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If only Congress would focus on the deficit that matters

KARL W. SMITH Bloomberg Opinion/TNS

Mar 10, 2024

All the fearmongering in Washington over the $1.5 trillion federal budget deficit hides a truth few politicians would admit — that hefty headline numb...

Pennsylvania’s health care access ‘still in the dark ages’

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Pennsylvania’s health care access ‘still in the dark ages’

ANTHONY HENNEN The Center Square

Mar 09, 2024

For an aging state that’s seen depopulation in the majority of its counties, Pennsylvania’s health care system struggles to meet the needs of its resi...

Lewis Run-based soldiers serving with Task Force Paxton in Africa

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Lewis Run-based soldiers serving with Task Force Paxton in Africa

CORY ANGELL angellcory3@gmail.com

Mar 09, 2024

Task Force Paxton hit the ground running with Justified Accord 2024, the U.S. Africa Command’s largest exercise in East Africa, from Feb. 26 to March ...

Baby swings recalled for suffocation risk

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Baby swings recalled for suffocation risk

Mar 09, 2024

(TNS) — The Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a recall of more than 60,000 infant swings sold through several major retailers and websites...

Cubs of bear involved in Butler attack released in Warren County

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Cubs of bear involved in Butler attack released in Warren County

JOHN HAYES Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Mar 08, 2024

(TNS) — Three black bear cubs that lost their mother during a scuffle in Butler County Tuesday were released in the wild by the Pennsylvania Game Comm...

Bradford man facing charges after jail assault

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Bradford man facing charges after jail assault

Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com

Mar 08, 2024

SMETHPORT — A Bradford man was arraigned Friday morning for allegedly assaulting another inmate at McKean County Jail over what he read about him in T...

Keep busy to make waiting easier

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Keep busy to make waiting easier

DEB WUETHRICH

Mar 08, 2024

Have you ever heard of Madam C.J. Walker? Her real name was Sarah Breedlove. She was born in Louisiana in 1867 and became the first female millionaire...

New Pitt app diagnoses ear infections with a smartphone camera

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New Pitt app diagnoses ear infections with a smartphone camera

ANYA SOSTEK Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Mar 08, 2024

(TNS) — Most parents of young children know that ear infections are incredibly common. What they might not know is that they are often hard to diagnos...

Jones added to UAHS general surgery team

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Jones added to UAHS general surgery team

Mar 08, 2024

Upper Allegheny Health System (UAHS), parent company of Bradford Regional Medical Center (BRMC) and Olean General Hospital (OGH), welcomed Dr. Robert ...

Cold, sinus infection, allergies or something more?

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Cold, sinus infection, allergies or something more?

Dr. JEREMY REED

Mar 08, 2024

Winter is the prime season for colds, seasonal viruses, and sinus infections, but few people consider that their stuffy head, sneezing, or runny nose ...

Could a birthing center be the solution to the closing of an Elk County hospital maternity unit?

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Could a birthing center be the solution to the closing of an Elk County hospital maternity unit?

KRIS B. MAMULA Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Mar 08, 2024

(TNS) — The state Department of Health said Tuesday it won’t stop the closing of the maternity unit at Penn Highlands Elk Hospital in St. Marys as cou...

Xylazine not just a big-city problem, detective says

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Xylazine not just a big-city problem, detective says

Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com

Mar 08, 2024

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency has issued a warning to alert the public about an increase in the trafficking of a drug known as “tranq,” the veterin...

RTS: Sounds

News, Round the Square

Mar 08, 2024

SOUNDS: Does the sound of a crinkling wrapper send happy tingles through your scalp, or make you unreasonably angry? Do you find tapping fingernails s...

Student from Ukraine explores VR treatment for PTSD

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Student from Ukraine explores VR treatment for PTSD

Mar 08, 2024

You would never know from her sunny disposition that Sofiya Synychych’s interest in studying psychology is rooted in trauma – her own and her family’s...

Losses piling up for Pennsylvania’s rural hospitals

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Losses piling up for Pennsylvania’s rural hospitals

KRIS B. MAMULA Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Mar 07, 2024

(TNS) — Penn Highlands Healthcare hospital system reported a loss from operations of $11.8 million for the three months ending Dec. 31, fresh evidence...