Dr. Debra Bogen

Free, accessible period products in schools remove obstacles and create equity, Scranton School District and state leaders said Thursday. Pennsylvania Secretary of Health Dr. Debra Bogen visited West Scranton High school to highlight the state program that supplies free period products for schools.

Holidays should be about spreading joy, not germs. That was the message state health leaders brought to Dunmore on Friday, as they emphasized the importance of receiving the flu vaccine — especially before holiday gatherings and at a time of increased vaccine hesitancy.

As the U.S. Senate tries to pass its version of the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act," rural health leaders in Wayne County are concerned by potential cuts to Medicaid.

Pennsylvania Health Secretary Dr. Debra Bogen joined rural health leaders at Wayne Memorial Hospital to talk about the impacts of the federal government’s proposed cuts to Medicaid.

Today, we’ll catch up with WVIA Bilingual reporter Robert Collado on the closing of a South Scranton church. And Pennsylvania's Health Secretary criticizes potential cuts to Medicaid.

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.

Outgoing Congressman Matt Cartwright calls on Pennsylvania’s Department of Health to conduct an investigation into a now closed Olyphant plant that may have caused a cancer cluster.