social programs

HeartStrings Gift Shop, located on the ground floor of Bradford Regional Medical Center, is more than just a cute place to find adorable nicknacks. It...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Glenn Thompson announced the Dickinson Center Building Project in St. Marys as the recipient of a $750,000 grant from the Appal...

Some disabled Americans on Social Security aren’t out of work solely because of their medical condition. Social Security payments themselves may “also...

HARRISBURG — Among a flurry of bills signed into law recently, Pennsylvania has taken a step in reducing the barriers created by non-compete agreement...

The Congressional Budget Office projects that the federal government will have a budget deficit of $1.9 trillion this year, $400 billion more than was...

Paying for healthcare in America is a complicated business. In recent years, the government has taken valuable steps to reduce the harm that unexpecte...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — A bill placing regulations on pharmacy benefit managers is headed to Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s desk. The bill, which began i...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — Geisinger Medical Center will begin work next year on an $880 million expansion at its flagship Montour County hospital, which will...

ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — Students in the Master’s Entry to Practice (MEP) nursing program at St. Bonaventure University had an experience this summer t...

Penn College has scheduled an information session for its upcoming LPN course beginning in September. The full-time, one-year Practical Nursing progra...

Bradford Regional Medical Center (BRMC) Sleep Disorders Center recently earned program reaccreditation from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. “T...

ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — Talk about a perfect ending. Every 2024 graduate of St. Bonaventure University’s Physician Assistant Studies program passed th...

PITTSBURGH — About a year and a half ago, my pharmacist approached me as I was picking up prescriptions at Spartan Pharmacy to ask me if I knew what a...

OLEAN, N.Y. — Olean General Hospital (OGH) celebrated it’s first-ever cohort of nurses to graduate from the OGH nurse residency program. The year-long...

Rep. Martin Causer, R-Turtlepoint, will once again host a series of Senior Citizens Expos to provide area seniors and their family members and caregiv...

DuBOIS — Penn Highlands Elk Pinecrest Manor is offering a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) certification class that will begin Aug. 12. The classes a...

Bradford Regional Medical Center (BRMC) and Olean General Hospital (OGH) announced Carly Cataldo and Mary Jo Inzana won the July 2024 Star Awards. Cat...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — A bill that would update Pennsylvania’s background check process so that the commonwealth could finally implement interstate licens...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — A new drug for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease was approved by the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday, providing an optio...

HARRISBURG — Dr. Debra Bogen has officially become Pennsylvania’s secretary of the state Health Department after final Senate confirmation on Monday. ...