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Department of Health Encourages Pennsylvanians to Take Steps to Prevent, Address...

The Pennsylvania Department of Health is encouraging all Pennsylvanians to be aware of the risk factors and symptoms of arthritis and the steps they...

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia to Build New Specialty Care and Urgent...

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) today announced plans to open a new 37,000-square-foot Specialty Care & Urgent Care Center in Abington, PA. This is the latest expansion in...

New Penn Study Shows an Army of Microrobots Can Wipe Out...

A visit to the dentist typically involves time-consuming and sometimes unpleasant scraping with mechanical tools to remove plaque from teeth. What if, instead, a...

More than 650 Youth Advocates to Rally at State Capitol; ...

More than 650 youth advocates from the TRU (Tobacco Resistance Unit) will join adult advocates in Harrisburg in support of strong Tobacco 21 legislation that...

Capital BlueCross and WellSpan Health Announce Partnership to Drive Better Health,...

Capital BlueCross and WellSpan Health plan to strengthen their longstanding relationship through an enhanced partnership that will focus on improving health and lowering costs...

PA Lawmakers Unanimously Adopts ‘World Asthma Day’ Resolution

Increasing awareness and support for the more than 1 million Pennsylvanians living with asthma is the goal of a resolution the House adopted unanimously...

Department of Health Focused on Initiatives to Prevent Violence Affecting Youth

Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine highlighted the negative effects of violence on youth who are exposed to it and ways to prevent it through...

Senator Brewster Hails Auditor General’s Call for More Mental Health Funding...

State Sen. Jim Brewster (D-Allegheny/Westmoreland) – a strong advocate for additional mental health funding — applauded state Auditor General Eugene DePasquale’s recent call for...

Capital BlueCross, Swatara Township Police Department Encourage Residents to “Take Back”...

Capital BlueCross is teaming up with the Swatara Township Police Department as a drop-off location for the National Drug Take Back Day on Saturday,...

2019 ‘State of the Air’ Report for Harrisburg-Lebanon-York

The American Lung Association’s 2019 “State of the Air” report found that the 6-county Harrisburg-York-Lebanon metro area improved its annual average level of fine...