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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...

Wolf Administration reminds older adults about the importance of immunizations, COVID-19 boosters

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Wolf Administration reminds older adults about the importance of immunizations, COVID-19 boosters

Nov 12, 2021

HARRISBURG — With a combined flu vaccine and COVID-19 booster clinic in Bucks County as the backdrop, the Pennsylvania Departments of Aging and Health...

Pennsylvania court throws out governor’s school mask mandate

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Pennsylvania court throws out governor’s school mask mandate

MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press

Nov 10, 2021

HARRISBURG (AP) — An order by Pennsylvania’s acting health secretary that requires masks inside K-12 schools and child care facilities was thrown out ...

Penn State researchers: COVID found in deer should prompt hunters to take precautions

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Penn State researchers: COVID found in deer should prompt hunters to take precautions

MARCUS SCHNECK PennLive

Nov 10, 2021

UNIVERSITY PARK (TNS) — More than 80% of the whitetail deer in research conducted in Iowa from last December to January tested positive for the virus ...

Two local counties have vaccination rates above 50%

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Two local counties have vaccination rates above 50%

Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com

Nov 09, 2021

Two of the four local counties have COVID vaccination rates above 50, while case counts and deaths from the virus continue to rise. Elk and Cameron co...

RTS for Nov 9

Round the Square

Nov 09, 2021

DON’T DRIVE DROWSY: The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and various eateries around the northwest region will stress the dangers o...

The villains of COVID

Opinion, Сolumns

The villains of COVID

TRUDY RUBIN Tribune News Service

Nov 05, 2021

Just before global leaders gathered in Rome for the G-20, to blather about confronting COVID-19 globally, a damning report was issued by a Brazilian s...

Just leave the leaves

Opinion, Сolumns

Just leave the leaves

HARRY CAMPBELL Special to The Era

Nov 04, 2021

It’s that time of the year when mornings come with frost and evenings come fast. For many critters, that means final preparations for coming winter. F...

RTS for Nov 3

News, Round the Square

Nov 03, 2021

NASA SYMPOSIUM: The “Spaceflight for Everybody” virtual symposium, an event aimed at communicating the current state of NASA spaceflight health knowle...

Pa. state employees offered up to 5 paid days off or lump sum value to get vaccinated

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Pa. state employees offered up to 5 paid days off or lump sum value to get vaccinated

JAN MURPHY PennLive

Nov 01, 2021

HARRISBURG (TNS) — Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration put a new incentive on the table to encourage state employees to get their COVID-19 vaccination. Eve...

Letter: Our COVID crisis was preventable

Letter: Our COVID crisis was preventable

Oct 30, 2021

As a physician who has worked in this community for 23 years, I am pleading for all who are able to get a COVID-19 vaccine. Right now, Cattaraugus Cou...

100 years and counting

Opinion, Сolumns

100 years and counting

Oct 28, 2021

It used to be that a 100th birthday was almost a tall tale. Celebrating 100 years was the kind of thing that a country or a city did, not a person. A ...

Pennsylvania’s turkey season begins Saturday

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Pennsylvania’s turkey season begins Saturday

Oct 28, 2021

Pennsylvania’s fall turkey season kicks off Saturday, Oct. 30 in 19 of Pennsylvania’s 23 Wildlife Management Units (WMUs), and there’s reason for hunt...

Hospitals appeal to community for clinical help

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Hospitals appeal to community for clinical help

Marcie

Oct 27, 2021

OLEAN, N.Y. — Hospitals in Bradford, Pa., and Olean are calling out to the community for help. Wednesday afternoon, Gail Bagazzoli, chief nursing offi...

Guest Comment: This isn’t working for Bradford Regional Medical Center and the community

Opinion, Сolumns

Guest Comment: This isn’t working for Bradford Regional Medical Center and the community

ANNE HARDY

Oct 27, 2021

I have been reluctant to express my thoughts regarding our community’s access to healthcare because I never want my thoughts to be construed as not su...

McKean County Cribs for Kids promotes infant safe sleep

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McKean County Cribs for Kids promotes infant safe sleep

Marcie

Oct 27, 2021

October is Safe Sleep Awareness Month and the McKean County Cribs for Kids Program is reminding parents and caregivers of the importance of placing ba...

Olean General Hospital cancels elective surgeries, cites staff shortages

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Olean General Hospital cancels elective surgeries, cites staff shortages

BOB CLARK Special to The Era

Oct 26, 2021

OLEAN, N.Y. — Staff shortages have led to all elective surgeries at Olean General Hospital to be suspended, hospital officials announced Tuesday after...

Activists to rally in Harrisburg to legalize needle exchanges

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Activists to rally in Harrisburg to legalize needle exchanges

AUBREY WHELAN The Philadelphia Inquirer

Oct 26, 2021

PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — Advocates from across Pennsylvania were set to rally in Harrisburg in support of legalizing syringe service programs. Syringe ser...

Another Halloween, more unfounded fears about kids’ safety

Opinion, Сolumns

Another Halloween, more unfounded fears about kids’ safety

CYNTHIA M. ALLEN Tribune News Service

Oct 26, 2021

Last Halloween, I gathered up a lawn chair and an enormous bowl of candy and sat on my front steps, not quite sure what to expect. Weeks earlier, the ...

Club News

Lifestyle

Oct 25, 2021

The Women’s Literary Club held their meeting at the Hill Memorial Church on Friday. President Gae Colligan welcomed our members and our newest member,...

Thompson home in Pa. after positive COVID test

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Thompson home in Pa. after positive COVID test

Jim Eckstrom jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com

Oct 24, 2021

U.S. Rep. Glenn Thompson will work from his Centre County home this week after receiving outpatient treatment for COVID-19 at Walter Reed National Mil...