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January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month and although it would be easier to ignore it, human trafficking is very real and close to home. Your tele...

DUBOIS — Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common disorder that affects the gastrointestinal tract. About 1 in 20 Americans has IBS, and it can be a...

DUBOIS — Your nerves are an amazing network within your body. Nerves deliver sensory information and movement instructions from your body to your brai...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Left for dead in mid-December, the Pittsburgh Steelers are heading back to the playoffs anyway. Pittsburgh clinched a wild-card spot...

Pennsylvania now faces a new No. 1 killer of those in the prime of their lives: accidental drug overdoses fueled by the prevalence of fentanyl. Accord...

When the pandemic hit, state and federal governments upped financial aid to the public with more welfare benefits, stimulus checks and loans. That aid...

SMETHPORT — RISE Physical Therapy and Wellness Center, a provider of holistic healthcare solutions, announced the grand opening of its new facility wi...

On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, the sun shone brightly. Little did we know that this beautiful day would end as the second deadliest, non-battlefiel...

(TNS) — An innovative plan to help Pennsylvanians with crippling medical debt is delayed but not dead, supporters say. The plan calls for using state ...

Buffalo Bills defensive back Damar Hamlin got a heart tattoo to commemorate the one-year anniversary of a cardiac arrest that nearly killed him. Miami...

PITTSBURGH — When the Pirates exited PNC Park for the final time of the 2023 regular season this past October, there was a reasonable amount of optimi...

Recent online updates indicate Derek Correa has made still more improvement since being attacked Oct. 15 in Alfred, N.Y. The 2023 Bradford High School...

ERIE — The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is sending letters to 2,380 veterans notifying them of the potential disclosure of limited information...

PHILADELPHIA — This winter, in addition to the COVID-19 and flu vaccines, FDA-approved RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) immunizations are now availab...

This summer, volunteers trained at Moraine State Park to collect samples of potential algae blooms and assess erosion in streams in Allegheny County p...

Hunting season has wound down for the most part and it’s three long months until spring. With these thoughts in mind, it’s only natural to wonder how ...

CARNEGIE — Mother Nature might be saying it’s winter, but the American Cancer Society is helping you to think spring with the return of Daffodil Days!...

Whenever Quentin Tomlin heads out to play high school football, his mother, Laura, knows one thing is for sure: The team won't take the field without ...

Dr. Robert Jones, the newest general surgeon to join Upper Allegheny Health System (UAHS), is set to lead the January Walk with a Doc at 5 p.m. Thursd...

NEW YORK (TNS) — 2023 had barely begun when scientists got some jolting news. On Jan. 4, a paper appeared in Nature claiming that disruptive scientifi...