3+ hour, 14+ min ago  (1002+ words) The Lakeland School District superintendent fills up his reusable water bottle at a fountain near the high school lobby. Water tests the last two years revealed the level of "forever chemicals," known as PFAS, as high as 10 times greater than…...

19+ hour, 12+ min ago  (17+ words) A panel of judges in Louisiana has just ended telemedicine access to the abortion pill mifepristone nationally....

1+ day, 17+ hour ago  (550+ words) Work is underway on a project that will add 36 private medical-surgical beds to boost inpatient capacity at Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre. The $8. 2 million project to renovate space on the hospital's fourth floor is expected to be completed by early fall, officials…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (86+ words) WVIA Public Media Uganda sees spike in disease-related deaths after USAID cuts In 2025, the Trump administration dissolved the $40 billion U. S. Agency for International Development, or USAID. Days later, an exemption for "life-saving humanitarian assistance" was issued. But what that included was…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (66+ words) WVIA Public Media Pentagon says flu vaccine no longer mandated for American troops Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the U. S. military will no longer require the flu vaccine for all troops, citing religious freedom and "medical autonomy." Here & Now's Scott Tong…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (187+ words) Pennsylvania received $193 million this year from the Rural Health Transformation Program. But the state's rural health leaders worry that the money isn't enough. Rural Health leaders wary of shortfalls despite Rural Health Transformation funds Scranton Mayor Cognetti, Arizona Sen. Kelly…...

2+ week, 3+ hour ago  (1325+ words) The federal Rural Health Transformation Program gives $50 billion to the states over five years. Pennsylvania received $193 million this year from the program and is in the implementation stage. But health care leaders and advocates still have concerns about how far…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (800+ words) Dr. Darleen Oleski operates two dental practices, one in Scranton and one in Tunkhannock. She now works with her daughter, who is just two years out of dental school. "My dear friend could not find anyone to buy his practice…...

3+ week, 3+ hour ago  (14+ words) KEYSTONE EDITION: As autism rates soar, schools, communities respond with new programs'WVIA Public Media...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (893+ words) Officials with a Monroe County-based animal rehab center are looking to re-house hundreds of pigeons that were rescued from a Wilkes-Barre home this week. "A lot of them are dehydrated and emaciated, [they have] external parasites, but all that's treatable,…...