Doctors recently performed a heart and kidney transplant without the use of blood products for the first time at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital in Pittsburgh.
The ...
The UPMC health network has implemented a “strategic masking” policy at all hospitals and outpatient facilities on Wednesday, Feb. 12, in response to increases ...
One Zelienople child survived a serious health scare after coming down with respiratory syncytial virus in late January.
The child, 10-month-old Harper Swedish...
Emergency medical service departments are facing a crisis.
For more than a year, EMS departments in all corners of Pennsylvania have sounded the alarm to state ...
Pennsylvania’s Department of Human Services is warning EBT cardholders to watch out for increasing incidents of “skimming,” when SNAP benefits are stolen from E...
With cold temperatures seen across the region, the American Red Cross said it has seen a spike in donation cancellations, with about 12,000 uncollected blood an...
In a moment the department has waited two and a half years for, Cranberry Township EMS will take delivery of two new ambulances on Tuesday, Jan. 21, to refresh ...
As plummeting temperatures force people to gather inside more often, the odds of picking up an unwanted illness skyrocket.
Reported cases of norovirus, more com...
Now, more than ever, hospitals need as many generous donors as possible to give blood to replenish depleted supplies. This month, Vitalant is holding nine blood...
In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, local hospitals focused on enhancing services, particularly in pediatric care.
For UPMC, this led to a significant ex...
The Butler County commissioners approved a forbearance agreement that allows Butler Health System to resolve a default of the obligations of its tax-exempt bond...
UPMC cites more people seeking medical care and rising pharmacy costs as reasons for its $371 million operating loss for the first nine months of the year, acco...
Butler Health System, part of the now-merged Independence Health System, is close to reaching a deal with the trustee of its bonds which would relieve some of t...
For most of his life, Jackson “Jax” Ramirez has been largely isolated from the outside world due to a rare autoimmune condition he was handed at birth — IPEX. E...
