Butler Health System’s $150 million debt was refinanced in 2015, years before COVID-19 brought long-lasting problems to the industry — inflation, stagnant insurance reimb...
As spring and summer activities draw more people outdoors, ticks have more opportunities to create problems.
“Tick season” in Pennsylvania generally lasts from April to O...
The arrival of an early spring means longer days, warmer weather and, unfortunately for some, seasonal allergies.
Dr. Robin Plank, a primary care physician at Slippery R...
MEXICO CITY — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a report Thursday about three cases of infections apparently linked to stem-cell treatments Ameri...
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...
Allegheny Health Network announced its Allegheny Valley, Forbes, Grove City and Wexford hospitals have received ‘A’ grades in the Leapfrog Group’s spring 2024 Hospital Sa...
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...
