News, PA State News
Jan 09, 2023
HARRISBURG (TNS) — A bipartisan pair of state senators plan another push to allow nurse practitioners to work independently in Pennsylvania, enabling ...
Jobs
Aug 08, 2022
Whether you’re a working nurse looking to advance your career or a soon-to-be member of the postsecondary education community, there are paths that’ll...
Opinion, Сolumns
May 23, 2022
FORT WORTH, Texas — It was probably inevitable that the baby formula shortage would devolve into a noxious quarrel between the breastfeeding and formu...
Opinion, Сolumns
May 08, 2022
Each May is National Nurses’ Month — a month-long celebration and commemoration of the work our nurses do to keep us healthy. National Nurses’ Week wa...
News
May 06, 2022
It’s the start of National Nurses Week, and The Era had an email conversation with a few of the busy professionals with Upper Allegheny Health System ...
News
Feb 09, 2022
A measure granting $25 million to emergency medical services organizations passed the state House Tuesday, with the support of Rep. Martin Causer, R-T...
Opinion, Сolumns
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 ...
News, PA State News
Jan 25, 2022
PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — State Sen. Maria Collett says there’s overwhelming demand for a program offering Pennsylvania nurses up to $7,500 in student loan...
Opinion, Сolumns
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 ...
News, PA State News
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...
News, PA State News
Dec 14, 2021
Workers at Allegheny Health Network affiliate Warren General Hospital have voted to strike, straining already fragile medical resources in rural north...
News, Round the Square
Dec 01, 2021
KINDNESS CHALLENGE: The Kane 25 Days of Kindness Challenge is going on, and we are going to share each day’s challenge with you when possible. Here ar...
News, Online Features
Nov 24, 2021
More voices are joining in the cry to save the hospital in Bradford, including those of health care professionals. One such professional spoke to The ...
News
Nov 24, 2021
Community members, businesses and agencies are working cooperatively this week to prepare anywhere from 150 to 250 “home-cooking” style Thanksgiving m...
Nov 19, 2021
HARRISBURG (TNS) — Pennsylvania-licensed nurses could soon have some of their student loan debt paid off for them. A one-time student loan forgiveness...
News, Online Features
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...
News, PA State News
Oct 22, 2021
HARRISBURG (TNS) — Pennsylvania nurses who owe money on their student loans will see an opportunity for some debt relief opening up early next year. G...
News, PA State News
Aug 22, 2021
A long-looming nursing shortage — exacerbated by the near-relentless toll of the COVID-19 pandemic — means more hospitals and health systems are offer...
Opinion, Сolumns
Aug 21, 2021
During the early days of the COVID-19 epidemic, my brother and I congratulated each other that we had little to fear. Descended from hardy Irish peasa...
Opinion, Сolumns
Jul 08, 2021
When it comes to essential employees, there are a lot of positions that come to mind. During the pandemic, people came to realize how much they depend...
PA State News
June 15, 2025
HARRISBURG (TNS) — Brad Hatch grew up near Altoona and started his career as a teacher in the local school district, working his way up to assistant p...
PA State News
June 14, 2025
PHILADELPHIA (TNS)— For months after he was arrested in March 2024 on charges of masturbating in a Montgomery County cemetery, Matthew Gagat continued...
Local News, Nation & World
June 14, 2025
Veterans Square was packed Saturday afternoon as residents came together to express their discontent with the current administration during the local ...
June 14, 2025
HARRISBURG (TNS) — Reform advocates are making another push to limit the use of solitary confinement in Pennsylvania prisons and jails, a long-running...
Local Sports
June 14, 2025
BROCKWAY - The 10th Annual Frank Varischetti All-Star Football game is slated for the end of the month, and several area players were recognized for t...
Local Sports, Sports
June 14, 2025
(TNS) —As golfers teed off during opening day of this year's 125th U.S. Open Championship, state officials inside of a tent overlooking the course's 1...
