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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...

Pandemic policies play part in drop in kids getting childhood vaccines

Opinion, Сolumns

Pandemic policies play part in drop in kids getting childhood vaccines

CYNTHIA M. ALLEN Tribune New Service

Aug 01, 2022

FORT WORTH, Texas — I’m not alone when I confess that the COVID era wreaked havoc on my kids’ annual pediatrician visits. In the early months of the p...

Veterans become political pawns

Opinion, Сolumns

Veterans become political pawns

MARTIN SCHRAM Tribune News Service

Jul 31, 2022

It was four in the afternoon on March 10, 1991, when the first planned explosion of Saddam Hussein’s chemical weapons went off at the U.S. weapons dep...

BRMC, OGH welcome pain management specialist

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BRMC, OGH welcome pain management specialist

Jul 29, 2022

Bradford Regional Medical Center and Olean General Hospital announced Thursday the appointment of Joseph Staszel, MD, pain management, to Foothills Me...

Injectable form of naloxone available in Pa. without prescription

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Injectable form of naloxone available in Pa. without prescription

AUBREY WHELAN The Philadelphia Inquirer

Jul 28, 2022

PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — Pennsylvanians looking to protect themselves and others from an overdose can now obtain without a prescription a form of the over...

Brown, Peterson receive Nightingale Award at BRMC, OGH

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Brown, Peterson receive Nightingale Award at BRMC, OGH

Jul 28, 2022

Natalie Brown, RN, received the second quarter Nightingale Award at Bradford Regional Medical Center. “Natalie has been a member of the BRMC team for ...

Robertson: Another fishing rod?

Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors

Robertson: Another fishing rod?

WADE ROBERTSON

Jul 28, 2022

There are all sorts of sayings about almost every subject. Some of them are quite insightful and to the point. Several that come readily to mind are: ...

Bring back the mask mandates?

Opinion, Сolumns

Bring back the mask mandates?

Jul 27, 2022

New COVID-19 surges have put many communities across the nation in a precarious position. The highly transmissible and evasive BA.5 subvariant is gett...

RTS: ADA DAY, YAY!

News, Round the Square

RTS: ADA DAY, YAY!

Jul 26, 2022

ADA DAY, YAY! Today is the 32nd anniversary. Did you know that the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law on July 26, 1990 by Presi...

George Benninghoff, MD – Remarkable Man

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George Benninghoff, MD – Remarkable Man

SALLY COSTIK, Curator of the Bradford Landmark Society

Jul 25, 2022

When young Dr. George E. Benninghoff, right out of Western Reserve Medical School, came to the Bradford area in 1879, he was dismayed to find no hospi...

How to avoid the stingers and biters of summer — and deal with them if you can’t

News, Outdoors, PA State News

How to avoid the stingers and biters of summer — and deal with them if you can’t

MARCUS SCHNECK PennLive

Jul 24, 2022

HARRISBURG (TNS) — While more of us seem to be more accepting of insects — even the stingers and biters if they don’t enter our personal space — summe...

Wolf administration urges older adults take precautions to beat the heat

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Wolf administration urges older adults take precautions to beat the heat

Jul 21, 2022

HARRISBURG — As summer continues to usher in hot temperatures with high humidity, the departments of Aging and Health are urging all Pennsylvanians, b...

Wolf Administration âencourages addressing tobacco âuse

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Wolf Administration âencourages addressing tobacco âuse

Marcie

Jul 19, 2022

HARRISBURG — The Department of Health announced it is increasing efforts to encourage Pennsylvanians who are engaged in drug and alcohol recovery prog...

We can’t surrender in war on drugs

Editorials

We can’t surrender in war on drugs

Marcie

Jul 18, 2022

The war on drugs has been long, hard-fought and expensive. Since the 1970s, America has battled wave after wave of new, more lethal drugs hitting our ...

Seven new cases of COVID-19 seen in region

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Seven new cases of COVID-19 seen in region

Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com

Jul 15, 2022

While the impact of COVID-19 has started to lessen in the immediate area, the coronavirus is still present, albeit at much smaller numbers. According ...

Medical care after miscarriage or ectopic pregnancy is not abortion

Сolumns

Medical care after miscarriage or ectopic pregnancy is not abortion

Marcie

Jul 12, 2022

In the days since the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision nullified Roe v. Wade, returning the regulation of abortion back to the states, there has been a ...

RTS: COVID SURVEY.

News, Round the Square

RTS: COVID SURVEY.

Jul 07, 2022

COVID SURVEY: A recent study found that almost half, 48%, of Pennsylvanians’ views on COVID rules remain unchanged, even after two continuous years. A...

Fuzzy language is setting back the fight against COVID

Opinion, Сolumns

Fuzzy language is setting back the fight against COVID

FAYE FLAM Tribune News Service

Jul 06, 2022

People no longer know what to do about the COVID pandemic. Part of the problem is the very language we use to talk about it. Words such as “breakthrou...

RTS – Dogs

Nation, News, PA State News, ...

Jul 05, 2022

WOOF : Many individuals consider their four-legged furry friends who bark as much a part of their family as their two legged counter-parts. Being cons...

The choice ahead

Opinion, Сolumns

The choice ahead

KATHRYN JEAN LOPEZ

Jul 04, 2022

“The real question today is not when human life begins, but what is the value of human life?” President Ronald Reagan asserted this on the 10th annive...

Penn Highlands Elk receives two National Quality awards

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Penn Highlands Elk receives two National Quality awards

Jul 01, 2022

ST. MARYS — Penn Highlands Elk, located in St. Marys, recently received two national awards for its commitment to clinical excellence and patient sati...