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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...

No, vaccines aren’t making new COVID variants worse

Opinion, Сolumns

No, vaccines aren’t making new COVID variants worse

FAYE FLAM Tribune News Service

Jan 08, 2023

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....

Football fans grapple with violent side of a beloved sport

Football, Local Sports, Pro

Football fans grapple with violent side of a beloved sport

JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer

Jan 06, 2023

NEW YORK (AP) — The harrowing scenes of Damar Hamlin’s on-field collapse after suffering cardiac arrest have forced some fans to confront yet again a ...

Bills uplifted by Hamlin’s progress, hope to show resilience

Football, Local Sports, Pro

Bills uplifted by Hamlin’s progress, hope to show resilience

JOHN WAWROW Associated Press

Jan 06, 2023

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Bills got a much-needed jolt of good news on Thursday. Coach Sean McDermott and his team found out that safety D...

Doctors: Damar Hamlin communicating, showing improvement

Football, Local Sports, Pro

Doctors: Damar Hamlin communicating, showing improvement

JOHN WAWROW and CAROLYN THOMPSON - Associated Press

Jan 06, 2023

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin’s has begun to communicate in writing with his family and others who have been at his beds...

Doctors: Damar Hamlin communicating, showing improvement

Football, Sports

Doctors: Damar Hamlin communicating, showing improvement

JOHN WAWROW and CAROLYN THOMPSON - Associated Press

Jan 05, 2023

ORCHARD PARK — Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin's has begun to communicate in writing with his family and others who have been at his bedside since h...

Proliferation of GoFundMes and an open secret

Opinion, Сolumns

Proliferation of GoFundMes and an open secret

Naomi Ishisaka

Jan 02, 2023

SEATTLE (TNS) — This time of year, we find ourselves touched by the generosity, grace and kindness of people helping people. Extending ourselves to ot...

Our children being poisoned is the real public health crisis

Opinion, Сolumns

Our children being poisoned is the real public health crisis

VIRGINA KRIEGER

Dec 29, 2022

There is a real public health crisis among America’s young people, and it isn’t COVID-19. Every day, more than 300 of our children and loved ones are ...

RTS Santa

Round the Square

Marcie

Dec 24, 2022

SANTA : We have it on pretty good authority that Santa’s reindeer all have clean bills of health and ready for their magical flight. Agriculture Secre...

Blood drives coming up

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Blood drives coming up

Dec 23, 2022

ConnectLife will be holding two blood drives in the Bradford community. The first is hosted by the Frances Sherman Auxiliary VFW Post 212, located at ...

Armstrong High students get trained in hands-only CPR

Health, Just for you

Armstrong High students get trained in hands-only CPR

Erin Yarnall

Dec 19, 2022

It takes, on average, eight minutes for paramedics to respond to the scene of an emergency, according to Jim Callipare, a health and PE teacher at Arm...

Patients benefit from robotic-assisted joint replacement surgeries at Penn Highlands

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Patients benefit from robotic-assisted joint replacement surgeries at Penn Highlands

Dec 13, 2022

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

CVS, Walgreens finalize $10B in settlements over opioids

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CVS, Walgreens finalize $10B in settlements over opioids

GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press

Dec 12, 2022

CVS and Walgreens have agreed to pay state and local governments a combined total of more than $10 billion to settle lawsuits over the toll of opioids...

RTS: CAROLE’S MEMORY

Round the Square

RTS: CAROLE’S MEMORY

Dec 12, 2022

CAROLE’S MEMORY. Today’s RTS is from Carole Longo’s childhood memory, titled “A PERFECT WHITE CHRISTMAS GIFT.” Carole said, “I grew up at 45 E Main St...

Former UAHS CEO helping new regional food collaborative

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Former UAHS CEO helping new regional food collaborative

Dec 09, 2022

OLEAN, N.Y. — The former CEO of the Upper Allegheny Health System is lending his volunteer efforts to help introduce a new food collaborative to the r...

Penguins’ Letang returns to practice 10 days after stroke

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Penguins’ Letang returns to practice 10 days after stroke

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Dec 09, 2022

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Kris Letang returned to practice with his teammates Thursday, just 10 days after suffering the second...

CHIP legacy more than medical

Opinion, Сolumns

CHIP legacy more than medical

Dec 08, 2022

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...

The tragedy of avoidable COVID deaths

Opinion, Сolumns

The tragedy of avoidable COVID deaths

FAYE FLAM Tribune News Service

Dec 07, 2022

Whose pandemic strategy really saved lives? Which states or countries lost the most people to the virus? Or to the unintended consequences of mitigati...

Flu activity at highest level in five years, health officials say

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Flu activity at highest level in five years, health officials say

Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com

Dec 05, 2022

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...

Gaps in mental capacity law

Opinion, Сolumns

Gaps in mental capacity law

Dec 02, 2022

Sometimes doing the right thing doesn’t fix the problem. In September, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court looked at the case of a mentally ill man convict...

Drifter pulls giant legacy from The Great Race of Mercy

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Drifter pulls giant legacy from The Great Race of Mercy

DANIELLA LANGIANESE dani@bradfordera.com

Nov 30, 2022

His name is Drifter, he is a certified Siberian husky, but also a direct bloodline descendant from the famous Leonard Seppala’s breeding line of huski...