public health

UNIONTOWN — Department of Human Services (DHS) Secretary Dr. Val Arkoosh recently toured the newly opened WVU Medicine Children’s Birthing Center at U...

Moms and healthcare providers are coming together to discuss strategies to improve local quality of care for mothers in recovery and their newborns. T...

DuBOIS — Penn Highlands Breast Care Services and Penn Highlands Life’s Journey OB/GYN will conduct a free breast and cervical screening to help promot...

HARRISBURG — The newly formed Keating Township Municipal Authority has been awarded a $2 million low-interest loan to improve drinking water in the re...

YORK — To fight prescription drug misuse, National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day creates convenient ways to dispose of medication that could otherwi...

HARRISBURG (TNS)—A western Pennsylvania county has officially declared it has a measles outbreak. The Erie County Health Department (ECDH) said in a p...

PITTSBURGH (TNS)— The pandemic stretched us — our communication, our science, our distribution networks, even what it means to be a good citizen amid ...

Measles outbreaks in West Texas and New Mexico are now up to more than 250 cases, and two unvaccinated people have died from measles-related causes. M...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — Jessica Tucker, a 38-year-old mother living in Brookline, started feeling depressed when she was 20 weeks pregnant. Tucker spoke to...

A measles outbreak inWest TexasandNew Mexicohas killed a child and sickened more than 130 people, and public health experts fear it’s only the beginni...

HARRISBURG (TNS)—The official number of people that have contracted bird flu in the past year, 68 to be exact, has been relatively small. A new study ...

COUDERSPORT — Those who volunteer to prepare large quantities of food for the public may want to attend a Penn State Extension workshop titled “Cookin...

Got the sniffles? Is it the common cold, or the beginning of something worse that might knock you out of commission for a while? Between Sept. 29 and ...

The Bradford Hospital Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Bradford Regional Medical Center, hosted its first local in-person event since the COVID pa...

CHICAGO (TNS) — President Donald Trump’s nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reflects anger and frustration at the wanton greed underlying America’s h...

UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State Extension is surveying septic system owners or users to learn more about septic system operation and maintenance practice...

More than $19 million in low-interest Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority (PENNVEST) loans will benefit two major water infrastructure pr...

More than 8,600 households in McKean County get their drinking water from a private source. These residents are responsible for testing and treating t...

PHILADELPHIA (TNS) As Pennsylvania residents began 2025, several new laws took effect, including expanded access to health care and pay raises for top...

HARRISBURG (TNS)—If you got together with friends or family this holiday season, you probably heard about someone who was, as the saying goes, as sick...