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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...

Spiking COVID prompts activation of Pa. Guard at two hospitals

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Spiking COVID prompts activation of Pa. Guard at two hospitals

KRIS B. MAMULA Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Jan 06, 2022

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — The Pennsylvania National Guard is joining federal COVID-19 response team members in Lackawanna and York counties to help ease hosp...

Get the COVID stats right

Opinion, Сolumns

Get the COVID stats right

Jan 06, 2022

From the very beginning of the pandemic, when we called it coronavirus, political leaders tasked with making moment to moment decisions to protect pub...

Who should get first dibs on Pfizer’s COVID pill?

Opinion, Сolumns

Who should get first dibs on Pfizer’s COVID pill?

FAYE FLAM Tribune News Service

Jan 04, 2022

Scientists who’ve been reluctant to talk up any new COVID-19 treatment are suddenly using the expression “game changer” to describe the Pfizer antivir...

RTS for Dec 30

News, Round the Square

Dec 30, 2021

RESOLVE: As we head toward 2022, we would like to share some resolutions to improve physical and mental health. Physical Health: Work out to feel good...

Coroner: 3 siblings at Johnstown home died of COVID

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Coroner: 3 siblings at Johnstown home died of COVID

Dec 29, 2021

JOHNSTOWN (AP) — A Western Pennsylvania coroner said Wednesday that three siblings found dead at a home near Johnstown two months ago all died from CO...

COVID hysteria during holiday travel? Not really

Opinion, Сolumns

COVID hysteria during holiday travel? Not really

CYNTHIA M. ALLEN Tribune News Service

Dec 28, 2021

DOYLESTOWN (TNS) — If you spend even a small amount of time scanning social media or watching cable news, the world still seems like a pretty grim pla...

Solving the omicron riddle

Opinion, Сolumns

Solving the omicron riddle

Dec 26, 2021

Since day one, COVID has been a moving target for political leaders, weighing lockdowns and closures and mask rules and vax mandates, adding or droppi...

Schools don’t need to close to contain COVID

Editorials

Schools don’t need to close to contain COVID

Marcie

Dec 24, 2021

As the seemingly (but not-for-certain) less severe omicron variant elbows out delta and political leaders across America try to stave off fresh hospit...

RTS for Dec. 24

Round the Square

RTS for Dec. 24

Marcie

Dec 24, 2021

SANTA: Santa and the reindeer have been cleared for take-off. Gov. Tom Wolf, joined by Secretary of Agriculture Russell Redding and Pennsylvania State...

Can UPMC solve nursing shortage?

Opinion, Сolumns

Can UPMC solve nursing shortage?

Dec 22, 2021

Necessity is the mother of invention. It’s a truism because, well, it’s true. You don’t find a new way to do something unless you have a problem that ...

NFL could become trend-setter for COVID-19 testing policies

Football, Local Sports, Pro

NFL could become trend-setter for COVID-19 testing policies

ROB MAADDI A.P. Pro Football Writer

Dec 22, 2021

The NFL’s decision to reduce COVID-19 testing for asymptomatic, vaccinated players could signal a trend for pro sports leagues and provide an example ...

St. Bonaventure to require vaccination for basketball game attendance

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St. Bonaventure to require vaccination for basketball game attendance

Dec 22, 2021

ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. - In accordance with New York state's new mask-or-vaccinate policy for public spaces, St. Bonaventure University is now requirin...

St. Bonaventure to require vaccination to attend basketball games

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St. Bonaventure to require vaccination to attend basketball games

Olean Times Herald staff Special to The Era

Dec 21, 2021

ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — In accordance with New York state’s new mask-or-vaccinate policy for public spaces, St. Bonaventure University is now requirin...

One killed in Warren County accident

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One killed in Warren County accident

Dec 21, 2021

WARREN — A Sugar Grove man was killed Thursday morning in an accident in Warren County. According to Warren-based state police, Dillon Edwards, 24, of...

UAHS makes improvements, investments for ER access

Opinion, Сolumns

UAHS makes improvements, investments for ER access

DR. JILL OWENS Special to The Era

Dec 19, 2021

Over the past two years, COVID has taken a toll on our community and our country that no one could have imagined back on March 14, 2020, when the firs...

The insurance industry and the unvaccinated

Opinion, Сolumns

The insurance industry and the unvaccinated

SHELDON JACOBSON

Dec 18, 2021

An Illinois state legislator proposed a bill in which neither the state nor health insurance providers would have to pay for COVID-19-related medical ...

As agencies skim off nurses, UPMC hits back with $85/hr traveling nurse corps

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As agencies skim off nurses, UPMC hits back with $85/hr traveling nurse corps

DAVID WENNER PennLive

Dec 18, 2021

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — UPMC officials said Friday they are losing staff to traveling nurse agencies which pay triple what nurses previously earned. They h...

Workers at AHN affiliate Warren General Hospital vote to strike

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Workers at AHN affiliate Warren General Hospital vote to strike

KRIS B. MAMULA Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (TNS)

Dec 14, 2021

Workers at Allegheny Health Network affiliate Warren General Hospital have voted to strike, straining already fragile medical resources in rural north...

Pa. Senate aims to bar school COVID vaccine rule

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Pa. Senate aims to bar school COVID vaccine rule

Dec 14, 2021

HARRISBURG (AP) — The Republican-controlled Pennsylvania Senate on Monday approved legislation to prevent school children from being required to get a...

NY’s COVID surge is back — and so is its mask mandate

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NY’s COVID surge is back — and so is its mask mandate

The Associated Press

Dec 10, 2021

NEW YORK — Facing a cold-weather surge in COVID-19 infections, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Friday that masks will be required in all indoor p...