Health

Hundreds of Harvard researchers have fallen victim to the freeze on funding by the Trump administration. The halt in federal funding has meant some of the world’s most prominent researchers exploring everything from opioid addiction to how diseases like cancer progress are laying off young researchers and shelving years or even decades of research. Some research might be lost forever. The funding cuts are part of a monthslong battle that the Trump administration has waged against some the country’s top universities.

Ice and snow in the colder winter months can make the Antarctic station difficult, if not impossible, to reach.

For the second day in a row, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection declared a Code Orange air quality alert in most of Central Pennsylvania on Wednesday for particulate matter from Canadian wildfire smoke.The alert applies to Montour, Northumberland, Snyder, Union and most surrounding counties. The alert is in place until early Thursday morning, NWS officials report.Light southeasterly winds will allow limited pollutant dispersion.

LEWISBURG — The Union County Commissioners updated cybersecurity policies five months after a ransomware attack.

DANVILLE — As Geisinger’s Behavioral Health Center in Danville accepted its first two patients Tuesday morning, local and state officials gathered at the facility to discuss mental health services and the challenges faced across the commonwealth.

In some Pennsylvania counties, child abuse allegations are only investigated by caseworkers, while others include the expertise of specialized doctors and nurses.

LEWISBURG — Mosquitos in Buffalo Township and Lewisburg have tested positive for West Nile Virus.

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s Poison Control Centers report a spike in calls concerning overdoses from lab-produced kratom containing elevated levels of 7-OH, substances commonly sold online, in gas stations and smoke shops that produce morphine-like effects.

SELINSGROVE — The three medical marijuana dispensary locations for PA Natural Medicine LLC/AYR Wellness in Selinsgrove, Bloomsburg and State College are permanently closed, according to the state Department of Health.

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) on Monday declared a Code Orange Air Quality Action Day in most of Central Pennsylvania on Tuesday, for particulate matter from Canadian wildfire smoke.