WILLIAMSPORT — Before the Fall 2025 semester begins, Pennsylvania College of Technology’s School of Nursing & Health Sciences will welcome a select group of incoming students to participate in a two-week “Pre-Health Plunge” designed to prepare them for prerequisite coursework. Made ...
DANVILLE — Geisinger is deploying advanced ultraviolet (UV) disinfection devices across its hospital campuses, enhancing infection prevention efforts in patient care areas. These cutting-edge devices use UV light to eliminate harmful pathogens. They improve safety by disinfecting patient ...
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — In the time before widespread vaccination, death often came early. Devastating infectious diseases ran rampant in America, killing millions of children and leaving others with lifelong health problems. These illnesses were the main reason why nearly one in five ...
WILLIAMSPORT — Pennsylvania College of Technology nursing students recently practiced their roles in promoting community health through a series of Donate Life events, designed to educate the community about organ donation and encourage individuals to register as organ donors. They joined ...
June is Migraine Awareness Month, a time to shed light on one of the most common and often misunderstood neurological conditions. If you’ve ever had a migraine, you know it’s far more than just a bad headache. For many people, migraines are recurring, sometimes debilitating episodes that ...
LONDON (AP) — U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the country is pulling its support from the vaccines alliance Gavi, saying the organization has “ignored the science” and “lost the public trust.” A video of Kennedy’s speech was shown to participants at a Gavi meeting in Brussels on Wednesday, where the vaccines group was hoping to raise at least $9 billion for the next five years. Gavi is a public-private partnership including WHO, UNICEF, the Gates Foundation and the World Bank. It has paid for more than 1 billion children to be vaccinated through routine ...
