medicine – Page 88 – The Bradford Era

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

Breaking News, Business, Local News

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...

Pa. touts high COVID vaccine rate using questionable data

News, PA State News

Pa. touts high COVID vaccine rate using questionable data

MEGAN GUZA Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Feb 24, 2022

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — Pennsylvania officials are touting a milestone in COVID-19 vaccinations based on federal data, though some experts have for months ...

Governor Wolf: Pennsylvania reaches new COVID-19 vaccine milestone

News

Governor Wolf: Pennsylvania reaches new COVID-19 vaccine milestone

Feb 24, 2022

Gov. Tom Wolf announced Wednesday that Pennsylvania has reached a new COVID-19 vaccine milestone with 95 percent of Pennsylvanians ages 18 and older r...

Simple answers aren’t always easy to accept

Opinion, Сolumns

Simple answers aren’t always easy to accept

GENE LYONS

Feb 18, 2022

Sherlock Holmes fans love a locked-door mystery, so it was inevitable that the accidental death of TV comic Bob Saget in a Florida hotel room would ge...

EMT training to fill need

Opinion, Сolumns

EMT training to fill need

Feb 17, 2022

The first step in a medical emergency often is taken even before getting to the hospital. It can begin with an ambulance staffed by professionals trai...

Study: Pandemic brought unexpected changes in outdoor rec

News, Outdoors

Study: Pandemic brought unexpected changes in outdoor rec

MARCUS SCHNECK PennLive

Feb 15, 2022

HARRISBURG (TNS) — While nearly all outdoor recreation venues saw massive increases in users during the pandemic, a Penn State study found that more t...

It was never about the science

Opinion, Сolumns

It was never about the science

NOAH FINLEY

Feb 11, 2022

DETROIT (TNS) — When the first COVID-19 mandates were issued in hopes of turning back a mysterious pandemic, there wasn’t enough science or data avail...

The lockdowns didn’t work

Opinion, Сolumns

The lockdowns didn’t work

Feb 11, 2022

A study from researchers at Johns Hopkins University found that extended shutdowns had almost no effect on public health, while coming at tremendous c...

WellNow construction progressing, summer opening expected

News

WellNow construction progressing, summer opening expected

JOELLEN WANKEL jwankel@bradfordera.com

Feb 10, 2022

Construction on Bolivar Drive has been progressing, and the WellNow location will begin accepting patients as soon as this summer. That expected openi...

Fresh look at COVID treatment

Opinion, Сolumns

Fresh look at COVID treatment

Feb 09, 2022

COVID-19’s omicron variant is highly transmissible. It weakened vaccines’ defense against infection, though the shots still confer strong protection a...

Pa. health secretary: COVID trending in ‘right direction’

News, PA State News

Pa. health secretary: COVID trending in ‘right direction’

DAVID WENNER PennLive

Feb 08, 2022

HARRISBURG (TNS) — New COVID-19 infections have been averaging fewer than 5,550 per day in Pennsylvania, down from days of well over 25,000 a few week...

Bill to protect doctors who prescribe ivermectin, other unproven drugs advances in Pa.

News, PA State News

Bill to protect doctors who prescribe ivermectin, other unproven drugs advances in Pa.

DAVID WENNER PennLive

Feb 08, 2022

HARRISBURG (TNS) — A state House committee on Monday approved a bill that would free doctors to prescribe off-label drugs to treat COVID-19 and allow ...

Former Miss USA’s suicide and the ‘having it all’ myth

Former Miss USA’s suicide and the ‘having it all’ myth

JENICE ARMSTRONG / Tribune News Service

Feb 05, 2022

Depression and anxiety don’t discriminate. They don’t care about beauty. They don’t care about money. They don’t care about fame. They don’t care how ...

Learn lessons of telehealth

Opinion, Сolumns

Learn lessons of telehealth

Feb 05, 2022

In the teeth of a terrible pandemic, millions of Americans, both patients and healthcare providers, for the first time plunged into telemedicine. Init...

Doctor accused of prescribing unproven COVID treatments fired by Pa. hospital

News

Doctor accused of prescribing unproven COVID treatments fired by Pa. hospital

DAVID WENNER PennLive

Feb 04, 2022

HARRISBURG (TNS) — A Pennsylvania surgeon accused of prescribing unproven drugs to treat COVID-19 to people referred to her through social media has b...

Use rescue funds for nurses

Opinion, Сolumns

Use rescue funds for nurses

Feb 01, 2022

A shortage of nursing care is the kind of problem everyone can notice and everyone agrees needs to be addressed. It’s not, however, the kind of thing ...

Coercing the unvaccinated threatens everyone’s rights

Opinion, Сolumns

Coercing the unvaccinated threatens everyone’s rights

KATHERINE DRABIAK / Tribune News Service

Jan 31, 2022

A recent Rasmussen Reports poll revealed a significant percentage of the public agrees with punitive actions for people who decline COVID-19 vaccines,...

$10 million available from ARC INSPIRE Initiative Grants

News

$10 million available from ARC INSPIRE Initiative Grants

Jan 31, 2022

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC), a federal-state partnership working to strengthen economic growth and community developm...

UPMC Pediatrician: Sleep Essential for Child Development

Lifestyle

UPMC Pediatrician: Sleep Essential for Child Development

Olufunke Oladejo, MD Pediatrics, UPMC

Jan 30, 2022

Sleep is an essential building block for your child’s mental and physical health. But if you’re finding it impossible to help your child sleep, you’re...

Guest Comment: Misplaced blame for crisis at Bradford hospital

Opinion, Сolumns

Guest Comment: Misplaced blame for crisis at Bradford hospital

MARTY WILDER

Jan 29, 2022

Is the pandemic responsible for the crisis at Bradford Regional Medical Center? Not in our opinion. A story in Tuesday’s Era quoted Kaleida Health off...

The left’s coming defeat in the mask wars

Opinion, Сolumns

The left’s coming defeat in the mask wars

RICH LOWRY

Jan 29, 2022

The people in contemporary America who most pride themselves on their alleged commitment to science and public health are also the most superstitious ...