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Bells are ringing. Snow is glistening. But you’re bummed out. You could be suffering from a case of the holiday blues, which experts say is not uncommon. A strained rela...
December 21, 2024 Health
NEW YORK — A person in Louisiana has been hospitalized with the first severe illness caused by bird flu in the U.S., health officials said Wednesday. The patient is in cr...
December 18, 2024 Health
Alzheimer’s disease treatment has undergone a significant transformation in recent years, experts say. A shift from symptom management and supportive care to the introduc...
December 16, 2024 Local News
WASHINGTON — The number of deaths due to opioid overdoses in Pennsylvania dropped by almost a quarter over the last year, according to statistics released Wednesday by th...
December 13, 2024 Pennsylvania News
The credit rating agency Fitch Ratings has once again downgraded its rating for the Butler Health System, one of the two health systems that merged to create Independence...
December 11, 2024 Business
The U.S. government on Friday ordered testing of the nation's milk supply for bird flu to better monitor the spread of the virus in dairy cows. Raw or unpasteurized ...
December 06, 2024 National News
The Butler Memorial Hospital Foundation kicked off its 27th annual Caring Angel Basket and 50/50 Raffle event on Thursday, Dec. 5, its traditional holiday fundraiser that...
December 06, 2024 Health
In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, local hospitals focused on enhancing services, particularly in pediatric care. For UPMC, this led to a significant expansion of...
December 05, 2024 Local News
The Butler County commissioners approved a forbearance agreement that allows Butler Health System to resolve a default of the obligations of its tax-exempt bonds by the e...
December 05, 2024 Government
Nearly three out of 10 U.S. drugstores that were open during the previous decade had closed by 2021, new research shows. Black and Latino neighborhoods were most vulnerab...
December 03, 2024 Health
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