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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...

Disability

Health

Sep 27, 2021

Unum partners with your employer to help protect you and your family when life takes an unexpected turn. From the joys of new family members through y...

RTS for Sept 27

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RTS for Sept 27

Sep 27, 2021

LEARN WITH ORJAMES LAB : The OrJames Lab is pleased to provide a wonderful series of mini courses for all members of the life-long learning community!...

Penn State expert: Higher numbers of stink bugs this fall

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Penn State expert: Higher numbers of stink bugs this fall

MARCUS SCHNECK PennLive (TNS)

Sep 26, 2021

A major home invasion by stink bugs could be coming in the next few weeks. “Warm summer weather supported their development, so there is a good probab...

Attack on the unmasked, unvaccinated

Attack on the unmasked, unvaccinated

Sep 25, 2021

Articles have been published in the Times Herald voicing displeasure with unmasked and unvaccinated individuals, and attacking our county leaders who ...

Is healthcare rationing coming?

Opinion, Сolumns

Is healthcare rationing coming?

Sep 25, 2021

A year and a half into the pandemic, the long-feared specter of rationed health care — that is, the delay or denial of medical treatment to some patie...

Who’s eligible for Pfizer booster shots in US?

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Who’s eligible for Pfizer booster shots in US?

CARLA K. JOHNSON Associated Press

Sep 24, 2021

Millions of Americans are now eligible to receive a Pfizer booster shot to help increase their protection against the worst effects of the coronavirus...

What’s next? Leeches?

Opinion, Сolumns

What’s next? Leeches?

GENE LYONS

Sep 24, 2021

Americans are currently experiencing one of the most peculiar public episodes of my lifetime. Amid a deadly worldwide disease epidemic, many people ar...

Official: Pennsylvania ‘well prepared’ for vaccine boosters

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Official: Pennsylvania ‘well prepared’ for vaccine boosters

Sep 21, 2021

HERSHEY — Pennsylvania’s network of vaccine providers is ready to deliver booster shots of the coronavirus vaccine as soon as federal authorities sign...

‘Care can’t wait’: Sen. Casey fights for more money for home care aides

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‘Care can’t wait’: Sen. Casey fights for more money for home care aides

RON SOUTHWICK PennLive

Sep 21, 2021

HARRISBURG (TNS) — Craig Benish relies heavily on his home care aides, around the clock. Craig suffers from Duchenne muscular dystrophy. He requires a...

Pennsylvania mobile clinics seek to goose vaccination rate

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Pennsylvania mobile clinics seek to goose vaccination rate

MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press

Sep 20, 2021

Rosie Goris lost two family members and a close friend to COVID-19. So it was a no-brainer that she would agree to host a vaccination clinic at her Yo...

Dickinson team speaks up on Suicide Prevention Month

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Dickinson team speaks up on Suicide Prevention Month

Marcie

Sep 18, 2021

During September, National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, the site-based psychiatric rehabilitation staff at Dickinson Center Inc. (DCI) is joini...

Expand vaccine mandate to Medicare, food stamps recipients

Opinion, Сolumns

Expand vaccine mandate to Medicare, food stamps recipients

PAUL MUSCHICK The Morning Call

Sep 17, 2021

ALLENTOWN (TNS) — I was leaving town last week for a long-overdue golf reunion with some buddies when President Joe Biden issued his vaccine mandate o...

Legalize fentanyl tests in Pa.

Opinion, Сolumns

Legalize fentanyl tests in Pa.

Sep 17, 2021

The ongoing opioid addiction crisis began with excessive distribution of a new generation of effective opioid painkillers, such as OxyContin. But with...

UPMC Cole welcomes new ENT and primary care provider

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UPMC Cole welcomes new ENT and primary care provider

Sep 17, 2021

COUDERSPORT — UPMC welcomes nurse practitioner Jesse Minor to the Ear, Nose, and Throat and Primary Care teams at UPMC Cole. Minor received his associ...

Save Our Hospital meeting set for Monday

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Save Our Hospital meeting set for Monday

Kate Sager

Sep 16, 2021

“Save Bradford Hospital,” a grassroots community group hoping to keep its local hospital from curtailing needed services, will hold a town hall meetin...

Pa. health data: Unvaccinated account for 94% of new COVID cases

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Pa. health data: Unvaccinated account for 94% of new COVID cases

ERIN McCARTHY and JUSTINE McDANIEL The Philadelphia Inquirer

Sep 15, 2021

PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — The vast majority of Pennsylvanians who have contracted the coronavirus in 2021 were not vaccinated, state officials say, releasi...

RTS for Sept 15

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RTS for Sept 15

Sep 15, 2021

TRAIL MOMENTS 21-DAY CHALLENGE: Rails-to-Trails Conservancy is providing 21 easy actions to keep people motivated and encourage outside activity. Star...

COVID cases among Pa. school-age children 10 times higher than in 2020

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COVID cases among Pa. school-age children 10 times higher than in 2020

ERIN McCARTHY and JUSTINE McDANIEL The Philadelphia Inquirer

Sep 14, 2021

PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — Coronavirus cases among school-age children in Pennsylvania were nearly 10 times greater last week than during the same period in...

Breast Cancer Early Screening Numbers

Health

Breast Cancer Early Screening Numbers

Karen Marley

Sep 13, 2021

More women than ever before are surviving breast cancer. The National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF) reports that breast cancer death rates have decl...

Pa. prison guards union asks court to review vax-or-test mandate

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Pa. prison guards union asks court to review vax-or-test mandate

MARK SCOLFORO and MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press

Sep 13, 2021

HARRISBURG — The union that represents corrections officers in Pennsylvania prisons wants a state court to intervene over the governor’s recent mandat...