2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (1032+ words) HARRISBURG -- As health insurance companies propose some of the largest rate hikes in recent memory, the Shapiro administration says it is limited in what it can do to cap increases and is calling for federal action. Nearly 202,000 people have canceled…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (1685+ words) Sarah Kawasaki first heard about kratom around five years ago. It wasn't through her work -- she's an addiction medicine specialist at Penn State, and the medical director of their associated opioid treatment program -- but through her personal life. "People would…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (196+ words) WILLIAMSPORT -- UPMC welcomes Hudin Jackson, M.D., neurosurgeon, to the UPMC Neurological Institute at Williamsport. Dr. Jackson earned her medical degree from the University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, Conn., and completed her neurosurgery residency and enfolded spine fellowship at Baylor…...

2+ week, 5+ hour ago   (284+ words) lockhaven.com CU-LH athletic training student splits semester-long clinical training at St. Luke’s University, WellSpan Health LOCK HAVEN -- During her final semester in the athletic training master's program at Commonwealth University-Lock Haven, graduate student Ari Newlen, of Lock Haven, completed…...

2+ week, 5+ hour ago   (555+ words) LOCK HAVEN -- According to Sherry Nealon-Shrive, executive director of American Red Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania, the American Red Cross is facing only the second national blood crisis in its history -- and donors are urgently needed now to help ensure hospitals…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (1276+ words) JERSEY SHORE -- When Angel was born at just 23 weeks, doctors weren't sure what the future would hold. She weighed 15.2 ounces -- small enough to fit in the palm of her father, Jesse's, hand -- and spent the first nine months of her…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (464+ words) FLEMINGTON -- The air we breathe. Healthy people might take that air -- and the ability to breathe it -- for granted. People with respiratory illnesses do not. That's why Goodwill Hose Co. Ambulance Association purchased two, state-of-the-art ventilators, thanks, in part, to…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (445+ words) BELLEFONTE -- The Centre County Board of Commissioners convened Tuesday morning to consider a range of proclamations, infrastructure leases and funding agreements across county human services. The meeting opened with official recognition for two upcoming community initiatives. The commissioners adopted Proclamation…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (474+ words) SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT -- One concession stand volunteer began helping at the Little League World Series back in 2010, and didn't stop, even when he moved to Virginia. He just had a longer commute. William H. "Bill" Dole, Jr., was born and raised in…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (245+ words) ASHTON PETERS/FOR THE EXPRESS Scenes are pictured from last year’s Real People Helping People Race. This year’s race is upcoming on Saturday, Oct. 10. LOCK HAVEN -- Runners, walkers and families are invited to hit the trails this fall for the…...