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Gov says Getting High-Speed Internet Access to Rural EMS Can Improve...

Governor’s Office of Broadband Initiatives Acting Executive Director Sheri Collins joined Department of Health Director of the Bureau of Emergency Medical Services Dylan Ferguson...

Department of Health Works to Reduce Stigma of HIV, Discusses Health...

Department of Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine encouraged all Pennsylvanians to be aware of the facts about HIV and discussed the health impacts the...

Tick Talk: A Conversation About Lyme

PA still holds the crown for highest number of CDC reported cases of Lyme Disease making our state home to thousands of sick people. @drneilspector,...

Department of Health, PennDOT Commemorate Donate Life Month

Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine and Deputy Secretary for Driver and Vehicle Services Kurt Myers, along with representatives from Donate Life Pennsylvania, highlighted...

State House Honors Rimersburg Couple for Cancer Awareness and Advocacy

Recognizing April 2019 as “Esophageal Cancer Awareness and Prevention Month” in Pennsylvania, Rep. Donna Oberlander (R-Clarion/Armstrong/Forest) honored Rich and Linda Horner of Rimersburg for...

Progress to get Full Lyme Disease Coverage for Patients

Legislation sponsored by House Health Committee Chairman Kathy Rapp (R-Warren/Crawford/Forest) that would require health insurers to cover treatment plans for Lyme disease or related...

AARP Members Ask Lawmakers For Help Fighting Skyrocketing Prescription Drug Prices

More than 200 AARP members from throughout Pennsylvania told state lawmakers that they are struggling to pay spiking prescription drug prices and can't afford to...

Auditor General Highlights Efforts to Keep Prescription Drug Costs Under Control

Auditor General Eugene DePasquale urged the General Assembly to reduce Medicaid prescription costs by increasing the transparency of how pharmacy benefit managers do business....

Former Lackawanna County Medical Technician Sentenced to 3-6 Years in Prison...

A former Lackawanna County medical technician was sentenced to 36-72 months in state prison followed by 7 years of probation for forging prescriptions for...

DMVA Reminds Veterans about the Amputee and Paralyzed Veterans Program

During National Limb Loss Awareness Month, the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (DMVA) is reminding veterans about its Amputee and Paralyzed Veterans Pension...