Healthcare

Four Republicans, including U.S. Reps. Ryan Mackenzie and Rob Bresnahan, broke from their party and signed Democrats' petition to force a vote on extending Affordable Care Act subsidies.

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.

Pike County residents have long had to travel out of the county and even out-of-state for medical care. Northwell Health on Monday debuted its new medical center in Dingmans Ferry, which will start taking patients in January.

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.

December 1, 2025– Toyota of Scranton will host a blood drive tomorrow in honor of Giving Tuesday, to raise money and fortify blood donations in support of two employees’ family members. The state budget has a new fund for neurodegenerative disease research, and a Lackawanna County lawmaker helped lead the charge. And, a Luzerne County nonprofit brings together the region’s older adults and disadvantaged with soup.

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.

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.