public health

FORT WORTH, Texas (TNS) — When I called to schedule an annual well-check appointment for my son, I was told that he would need to wear a mask in the o...

Pennsylvania ranks fifth among the states in overdose deaths and the overdose death rate, but legislative majorities in both houses have not detected ...

The delta variant is the new pandemic scare story. Its spread into the U.S. hasn’t led to a surge in deaths or packed hospital wards, but the news of ...

FORT WORTH, Texas — My parents, visiting from the East Coast, were surprised (but not so disappointed) to arrive in Texas and find so many people not ...

There’s some scientific justification for using vaccine passports to allow vaccinated people — and only vaccinated people — back into restaurants, mov...

Several weeks ago, when national surveys suggested that a sizable portion of the U.S. population had no intention of getting vaccinated against COVID-...

Across the 15 years in which the gas industry has made Pennsylvania the nation’s second-largest producer, the state Legislature has taken extraordinar...

Where do you feel safe during a COVID-19 spike? In a dentist’s grip? A barber’s chair? On an airplane? In an airport? How about a restaurant? Does it ...

When writing and researching articles, reporters rely on two elements. There are the anecdotal incidents that occur. What a crime victim saw, what a p...

If the COVID-19 crisis produces any positive long-term cultural changes, one is likely to be a greater appreciation for access to education. As public...

HARRISBURG – Balancing economic benefits and public health risks, Governor Tom Wolf today announced the reopening of 24 counties in the northwest and ...

HARRISBURG — In consultation with public health professionals and in an effort to simplify and to better capture growth, decline, or stability, the Wo...

Governor Tom Wolf expanded on the criteria and phases that will be implemented to begin re-opening areas of the state during his briefing Wednesday. H...

HARRISBURG — This week, Senate Bill 327 was passed by the Senate which included an amendment by Sen. Joe Scarnati, R-Brockway, to allow for the safe r...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Sarah Batt, Class of 2020, of Eldred, Pa., participated in a two-week medical immersion trip to Costa Rica as part of the pre-health p...

PORT ALLEGANY — Susan Wright, an undergraduate researcher in Dr. Sarah Ruffell’s lab at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, will discuss harmful...

ALLEGANY, N.Y. — A new undergraduate major in public health is now available from the School of Health Professions at St. Bonaventure University. Publ...

April 2-8, 2018 is National Public Health Week. Ensuring that our public is healthy is one of the critical missions of the healthcare profession. As w...

WASHINGTON — The Senate unanimously adopted a resolution offered by Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., and a bipartisan group of four other senators aimed at rai...

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide attack on a polio vaccination center in southwestern Pakistan on Wednesday killed 15 people, mainly policemen gather...