Health

While tick bites increase every summer, with another small spike in the fall, 2025's numbers are the worst since 2019, according to CDC data.

Eighteen states have seen outbreaks this year.

MILLVILLE — Though the theme of Camp Dost changes every summer, the annual event offers children facing medical challenges a sense of familiarity when they return for annual summer getaways.

LEWISBURG — CMSU Behavioral Health & Developmental Services is requesting more than $566,000 in opioid settlement money from Columbia, Montour, Snyder, Union and Northumberland counties to fund its Recovery Community Services Program.

Imagine crash victims being treated in the emergency department then sent on for surgery or further care. In their wake they leave a trail of health, providers who have invested knowledge and emotion in their care.

In the mid-1990s, my then-husband passed away from complications of HIV/AIDS. From the time he was diagnosed until he died, all of us, friends and family, but most of all, him, knew how it would end. There was no cure or effective management for HIV/AIDS then. Early on, a specific population of humans was the known segment of society contracting the disease: Gay men and IV drug users. Few people cared if they suffered and died. Good riddance was the attitude — the more the better.

DANVILLE — Geisinger will install advanced ultraviolet disinfection devices in hospital campuses across the healthcare system in an effort to enhance infection prevention efforts.

Most people love a fireworks display, but many of our furry friends don’t. The loud bangs and crackling sounds can trigger anxiety symptoms in dogs, like pacing, panting, and excessive drooling.

More than 300 hospitals could be at risk for closure under the Republican bill, according to one analysis.

Rob Kennedy mingled with about a dozen other people in a community space in Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania.