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Aimee Dilger/WVIA NewsLocal foundations that had financially stepped up to keep Moses Taylor Hospital and Regional Hospital of Scranton open ended payments in August, U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan said Friday. Closure of the hospitals was 'imminent,' the lawmaker said, but he and partners including state Rep. Bridget Kosierowski worked to keep the doors open. The foundations replied that the arrangement was for 90 days only, and there was no request for additional funding at that time. -
Jackson Breslin/WVIA NewsOfficials expected the sale of Commonwealth Health Systems- owned Wilkes-Barre General Hospital, Regional Hospital of Scranton and Moses Taylor Hospital in Scranton to Tenor Health Foundation to be finalized by the end of 2025. Both health systems said they are waiting for the Pa. Department of Health's approval before they can proceed with the sale.
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Drivers with autism can get blue envelopes that alert police officers to their diagnosis through the Blue Envelope program. Dallas Twp. Police Department partnered with Lehigh Valley Health Network, part of Jefferson Health and Misericordia University’s Cougars for Autism Awareness Club to distribute the envelopes to the community. -
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, or UPMC, started a rural residency program two years ago. The program trains doctors at its Wellsboro and Cole locations in Northcentral Pennsylvania to bolster the rural doctor workforce. -
Scranton City Council voted Tuesday to approve Geisinger’s zoning changes that will allow for its expansion in the city. -
Mehmet Oz, also known by his television persona ‘Dr. Oz,' visited Scranton in his role as the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator with U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan to talk about federal efforts to address health care shortages and costs. Sen. Dave McCormick, meanwhile, visited the Wyoming County Healthcare Center in Tunkhannock to tour the facility and meet executive leadership. -
State Rep. Kyle Mullins’ father died from ALS in 2022. That loss motivated him to fight for neurodegenerative disease research through legislative action. He helped secure $5 million in the state budget for research on neurodegenerative diseases such as ALS, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. -
Geisinger Life Flight 3, based at the Wilkes-Barre/ Scranton International Airport, or AVP, recently celebrated one year at its new hangar, built from the ground up with COVID-19 grants. The team works with Geisinger’s other Life Flight bases across the region to transport more than 400 patients each month by ground and through air. -
Luzerne County Council on Tuesday night unanimously approved Tenor Health Foundation's financing proposal to purchase Wilkes-Barre General Hospital, part of a larger deal under which Tenor would buy three Commonwealth Health hospitals in Northeast Pennsylvania. -
The Luzerne County Council is set to vote on a payment in lieu of taxes, or PILOT, Agreement as well as Tenor Health System’s financing plan for Wilkes-Barre General Hospital at this evening’s council meeting. -
Medical students at Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine volunteer to sit with hospice patients at Allied Services’ hospice centers in Wilkes-Barre and Scranton through the No One Dies Alone program. -
The record-breaking federal government shutdown ended Wednesday, restoring Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, benefits to more than 42 million Americans who rely on the food assistance program, including more than 2 million people in Pennsylvania.
