Health

DANVILLE — Geisinger’s MyCode Community Health Initiative surpassed 350,000 participants, making it the largest study of its kind in the nation.

DANVILLE — Three counselors in Danville are working to “bring beauty from the pain” with clients at Rose and Thorn Counseling.

The latest COVID and flu vaccines are now available at all GIANT in-store pharmacies, chain Vice President Laura Jacobs said.

DANVILLE — Much progress has been made on recognizing the early signs of dementia and developing treatments that might slow cognitive decline.

DANVILLE — The COVID-19 virus keeps mutating. The latest strain, LB.1, is a subvariant of the omicron variant.

Pennsylvania needs nurses. Efforts to recruit and retain health care workers have proven fruitful, according to The Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania, but members of the leading trade association continue to face labor shortages.

After her first child was born in 1996, and while dealing with a bad marriage, Angie Miller, of Sunbury, struggled with emotional eating. In 2006, at 400 pounds, she underwent gastric bypass surgery.

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SELINSGROVE — Upgrades to two affordable senior housing facilities in Selinsgrove will provide two additional units.

SHAMOKIN DAM — Firefighters in Snyder County responded this morning to a house fire along County Line Road in Monroe Township.