ATLANTA — A new study has brought the public health concern of vaping back to the forefront. Electronic cigarettes have already been branded unsafe for kids, teens and yo...
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, the Associated Press has learned, a historic shift to ge...
NEW YORK — The U.S. flu season appears to be over. It was long, but it wasn't unusually severe.
Last week, for the third straight week, medical visits for flu-like illnes...
NEW YORK — U.S. births fell last year, resuming a long national slide.
A little under 3.6 million babies were born in 2023, according to provisional statistics released T...
U.S. health officials issued a warning Tuesday about counterfeit Botox injections that have sickened 22 people.
Half of the individuals have ended up in the hospital, ac...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that samples of pasteurized milk had tested positive for remnants of the bird flu virus that has infected dairy cows.
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In Butler and around the country, more veterans are expressing trust in the way the Veterans Affairs is taking care of them.
According to the VA Butler Healthcare, result...
From gestational diabetes to preeclampsia, pregnancy complications may be associated with a woman’s risk of early death — even decades later.
“Adverse pregnancy outcomes...
More discouraging financial news arrived for the Butler Health System on Monday, April 1, as credit rating agency Moody’s downgraded the hospital system’s credit rating f...
Nearly 4,000 cardiac catheterizations have now been performed at Indiana Regional Medical Center, or IRMC, through a partnership with the Independence Health System’s But...
NEW YORK — U.S. marriages have rebounded to pre-pandemic levels with nearly 2.1 million in 2022.
That’s a 4% increase from the year before. The Centers for Disease Contr...
VA Butler Healthcare said veterans exposed to toxins and other hazards are now eligible for health care through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs without first appl...
Ground cinnamon sold by U.S. discount retailers is contaminated with high levels of lead and should be discarded, federal health officials said Wednesday.
The U.S. Food ...
WASHINGTON — The first over-the-counter birth control pill will be available in U.S. stores later this month, allowing American women and teens to purchase contraceptive ...
WASHINGTON — There’s nothing complicated about the latest tobacco product trending online: Zyn is a tiny pouch filled with nicotine and flavoring.
But it has stoked a deb...
NEW YORK — Americans who test positive for COVID-19 no longer need to stay in isolation for five days, U.S. health officials announced Friday.
The Centers for Disease Co...
A medication used to treat asthma can now be used to help people with food allergies avoid severe reactions, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Friday.
Xolair, t...
NEW YORK — Smoking has surpassed injecting as the most common way of taking drugs in U.S. overdose deaths, a new government study suggests.
The Centers for Disease Contro...
Amy Christensen, a bartender and shift lead at Recon Brewing in Butler, said she and her co-workers have noticed a trend lately that seems unusual for a brewery.
People ...
Al Brown has volunteered for the Butler Memorial Hospital Auxiliary for the past 23 years.
He works in the outpatient department, where he takes patients that are regist...
Although it’s spotty and inconsistent in many places, wastewater testing is pointing to a new wave of COVID-19 infections, with as many as one-third of Americans expected...
Gene therapy has allowed several children born with inherited deafness to hear.
A small study published Wednesday documents significantly restored hearing in five of six ...
CRANBERRY TWP — Last March, 72-year-old Dee Ruckert, of New Sewickley, knew she had to do something about her physical health before it was too late.
“My husband was dia...
Surgeons externally attached a pig liver to a brain-dead human body and watched it successfully filter blood, a step toward eventually trying the technique in patients wi...
The number of hospital admissions for the flu increased 500% at Butler Memorial Hospital in the last three months of 2023 compared to the same period in 2022, according a...
Eligible Pennsylvanians now have four extra days to get enrolled for Pennie health coverage. The 2024 open enrollment period for Pennie has been extended to Friday, Jan. ...
Western Pennsylvania hospitals have continued to open new beds, despite data indicating the region has been overbedded for years, an expense some experts say ultimately d...
NEW YORK — The flu season in the U.S. is getting worse but it's too soon to tell how much holiday gatherings contributed to a likely spike in illnesses.
New governmen...
For a third season, COVID-19 cases are rising ahead of the holidays, this time with a more recent variant driving infections.
JN.1, a variant of omicron , now accounts fo...
