Healthcare

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and Wilkes-Barre Area’s cheer and football teams came together to fight for a cure, raising $1,795 for the Cancer Wellness Center of NEPA.

Arts for Life provides free art classes from professional artists for caregivers and care recipients to promote acceptance of diagnoses and strengthen relationships between loved ones at the United Neighborhood Centers Oppenheim Healthy Aging Campus in West Scranton.

Wilkes-Barre Area’s cheer and football teams are joining forces to fight for a cure. All money raised ahead of Oct. 10’s pink-out game will go to the Cancer Wellness Center of NEPA.

President Donald Trump announced last week that taking Tylenol during pregnancy can increase a child’s chances of having autism. Local advocates and medical professionals say Trump's remarks aren't supported by science and cause harm to the community.

The Monroe County Dementia Coalition and the Community Foundation of Monroe County will host a dementia care and caregivers forum Oct. 9 at the Shawnee Inn and Golf Resort.

The protest comes after President Donald Trump made an announcement earlier this week linking the use of acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol, while pregnant and a heightened risk of autism in children.

The Children’s Sickle Cell Foundation Inc. and SiNERGe (Sickle Cell Improvement in the Northeast Region through Education) joined forces to launch a toll-free hotline to connect unaffiliated patients to care in Pennsylvania.

Negotiations between Commonwealth Health Systems and Tenor Health Foundation are ongoing, but state Rep. Bridget Kosierowski and her partners remain optimistic that a deal will happen potentially as soon as this month.

Mental health professionals from the region provide guidance on gun violence, anxiety and how parents can best talk about the topic with children in the wake of Wednesday's shooting at a Minnesota Catholic school.

Healthcare activists criticized the state Senate's proposed budget, which they say does not invest in home care workers who support Pennsylvania's aging population.