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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 ...

Throughout March, Bradford Regional Medical Center (BRMC) and Olean General Hospital (OGH), Kaleida Health facilities, are offering a variety of class...

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

Bradford Regional Medical Center (BRMC) and Olean General Hospital (OGH), Kaleida Health facilities, announced Oliver Nagel and Katelyn Spears are the...

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

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

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 ...

HARRISBURG — "We all just need a little break. It’s been a tough hearing,” said Department of Health Secretary Dr. Debra Bogen toward the end of her t...

DEAR RUSTY: I have reached my full retirement age (66 plus 8 months) and plan to apply for Social Security this month, but I’ve seen articles that say...

HARRISBURG — State Rep. Mike Armanini, R-DuBois, shared that more than $230,000 in Fire Company and Emergency Medical Services Grants were awarded to ...

Applications for scholarships through both the Elk County and McKean County community foundations are now open for high school seniors as well as non-...

DuBOIS — Seven students recently graduated from the Certified Nurse Aide (CNA) course at Penn Highlands Healthcare. The rigorous six-week course inclu...