Lydia McFarlane | WVIA News
Multimedia Healthcare ReporterLydia McFarlane joined the news team in 2024 as an intern after graduating from Villanova University with a dual Bachelor's degree in communication and political science. She stayed on the team as a multimedia healthcare reporter, exploring her interests in health policy and telling human-focused stories. Wilkes-Barre born and raised, Lydia's grateful for the opportunity to return home and learn more about her community as a reporter within it. She's honored to start her career in NEPA-- the place that taught her everything she knows.
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Sixty-eight state parks will have menstrual product dispensers, including 15 in northeast and north-central Pennsylvania. -
SCI Waymart is one of two Pennsylvania prisons with a personal care unit for inmates. As a result, its population is older than most of the Commonwealth’s prisons. Administrators recently revamped its hospice program, a volunteer-based program that allows inmates to get trained in hospice care for other inmates at the end of their lives. -
Welcome to News Voices, a weekly feature where members of the WVIA News team will talk with each other — and sometimes sources — about key things we've learned in recent stories we have been working on. -
The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture notified local governments and agencies last week that the federal government is holding back money appropriated for the vouchers, which means fewer recipients will get vouchers and their distribution has been delayed. -
The Good Drop ketamine clinic in Avoca treats patients with treatment-resistant depression, chronic pain and anxiety. While they're happy to offer alternative care in Northeast Pennsylvania, the owners still see a lack of understanding around ketamine. -
Pennsylvania Secretary of Aging Jason Kavulich joined Lackawanna County’s Area Agency on Aging and other organizations serving older adults for a ribbon cutting ceremony at the new Older Adult Advocacy Center in Scranton, the first of its kind in the state. -
Pennsylvania's Department of Health is evaluating cancer data in the area surrounding the former manufacturing plant in Lackawanna County that operated over decades as Specialty Records, WEA Manufacturing, and Cinram. -
Pennsylvania’s Secretary of Aging, who previously directed Lackawanna County's Area Agency on Aging, was named to the advisory boards of two national organizations focused on meeting the needs of older Americans and protecting them from harm. -
There’s plenty of events this weekend like a trolley tour, a wine fest and a 5k that will help you celebrate spring’s arrival here in Northeast and Central Pennsylvania. -
The Wilkes University football team held a registration drive to add students to the national registry of potential bone marrow donors. Bone marrow matches are rare, but a match can potentially save someone’s life.
