1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (168+ words) HOLLIDAYSBURG -- The Blair County Department of Social Services has scheduled two more webinars to help those interested in applying for a portion of Blair County's allocation from the National Opioid Settlement. The county expects to receive about $700,000 in its next…...

4+ day, 40+ min ago   (754+ words) BUNIA, Congo -- Yuma Adolphe and his team are responsible for the safe and dignified burial of some of the people who die from Ebola in Congo's Ituri province, the epicenter of history's deadliest Ebola outbreak. Nearly every day, they dig…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (929+ words) HARRISBURG -- Key federal Medicaid changes will roll out next year, and Pennsylvania's governor will play a crucial role in how they're implemented or challenged. The sweeping 2025 federal budget law, President Donald Trump's signature piece of second-term legislation, is expected to…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (671+ words) While the Wall That Heals at James E. Van Zandt Veterans Administration Medical Center was installed 26 years ago, it has since worn down with weather and time. Ken Tedora of the Central Pennsylvania National Guard & Veterans Association noticed the deterioration and…...

2+ week, 1+ hour ago   (801+ words) The measles outbreak has reached several counties in the region as it continues to spread across Pennsylvania, prompting medical professionals and school officials to encourage vaccinations and health safety practices. In the area, the Department of Health has reported 15 confirmed…...

3+ week, 2+ hour ago   (327+ words) The local observance of International Overdose Awareness Day this year will be spread over the last 11 days of August, as local people remember and honor loved ones who have died of substance use disorder. The table event at the campus…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (314+ words) A federal safety agency recommended the development of written policies and procedures for flushing gas valves a year after a blast at a U.S. Steel plant near Pittsburgh killed two workers. The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board issued a final…...

1+ mon, 20+ min ago   (364+ words) A Clearfield County children's author received a $2,000 Creative Entrepreneur Accelerator Grant this June to promote asthma awareness and health education across Pennsylvania. After Free Spirit Books published "My Life As An Asthmanaut" in April, author Jake Lockett wanted to take…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (422+ words) NEW YORK -- In the past year, the U.S. has seen a jump in frequent marijuana users going to the hospital with a nausea and vomiting condition, according to a report released Thursday. "The abruptness and sustained magnitude of the increase" is…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (331+ words) LANCASTER -- Close to 70,000 people have gotten substance abuse treatment through warm handoff initiatives established in Pennsylvania to help people seamlessly connect with addiction programs, officials in Gov. Josh Shapiro's administration said Tuesday. These warm handoffs are intended to directly connect…...