Brittany Sweeney | LehighValleyNews.com

The U.S. surgeon general issued a public health advisory about loneliness, isolation and lack of connection. The health consequences are enormous — equivalent by some estimates to smoking 15 cigarettes a day.

Tick season is here, and there seem to be more of the little buggers. Doctors say they already are seeing patients with tick-related illnesses this year.

Medicaid recipients in Pennsylvania have until Saturday, April 1, to renew their application to continue receiving benefits.