public services

Pennsylvania’s elected officials are examining — and addressing, to some extent — the trending topic of rural healthcare access. At a recent public he...

OLEAN, N.Y. — Olean General Hospital has introduced a new volunteer effort in the emergency department, providing a liaison between patient and staff....

DuBOIS — Through a $150,000 grant from the A.J. and Sigismunda Palumbo Charitable Trust, Penn Highlands Healthcare has a new state-of-the-art operatin...

Over the past decade, the lack of access to in-home care in Pennsylvania has reached a crisis point. From seniors to medically fragile children, more ...

(TNS) — Several significant policy changes affecting Social Security recipients and applicants get underway this month. One of the changes is designed...

The Guthrie Clinic has proudly provided access to high-quality care throughout rural Pennsylvania and New York. As president and CEO of this system, I...

OLEAN, N.Y. — Olean General Hospital, Bradford Regional Medical Center and the Cattaraugus County Health Department are seeking public input as part o...

Every day, more than 400,000 of our fellow Pennsylvanians — our elderly parents, disabled children and chronically ill friends — struggle to find the ...

DEAR RUSTY: Is there any way I can get out of paying the $185/month I am told will be taken out of my Social Security for Medicare Part B when I turn ...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — Hospitals across the state are grappling with a persistent shortage of nurses, straining health care systems and patient care. And ...

DuBOIS — Leaders from Penn Highlands Healthcare joined members of the Greater DuBois Chamber of Commerce this week to cut the ribbon marking the offic...

HARRISBURG — In over five hours of questioning, House lawmakers drilled down on a vast array of issues under the purview of Pennsylvania's largest - a...

Rep. Martin Causer, R-Turtlepoint, will convene a meeting of the EMS Task Force at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the McKean County Department of Emergency Servi...

(TNS) — A Penn Highlands Healthcare executive has been promoted at a challenging time for the diversified Clearfield County-based system. Josh LaFleur...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — After adding more than $1 billion to its anticipated Medicaid costs this year specifically for Ozempic and similar weight-loss drug...

UPMC isn't going to budge on its decision to shut down labor and delivery care at UPMC Cole. That was the result of a recent meeting jam-packed with c...

DuBOIS — Penn Highlands Healthcare at Home announced Cindy DeNoon, a registered nurse, received the inaugural Lisa Isadore Hospice Caregiver of the Ye...

HARRISBURG — The Department of Aging has received flat funding for the past six years. Before the House Appropriations Committee, Secretary Jason Kavu...

How many of us know what goes into the development of the medications we take? We take a medicine and hope that it will work, that we’ll feel better s...

Taxpayers spent $74.5 million to help develop the prostate cancer-fighting drug Xtandi, but its sky-high sticker price is limiting access to patients ...