Melanoma

Governor Josh Shapiro joined a roundtable discussion about substance abuse prevention and recovery in Tunkhannock on Thursday. Shapiro, along with the state secretary of health and secretary of alcohol and drug programs, were there to learn what works in the Wyoming County community, and how the state could do better.

NEWS VOICES: This week, WVIA's Sarah Scinto and Lydia McFarlane discuss a recent study from Penn State University that found a hotspot of melanoma cases in Central Pennsylvania counties with or near farmland.

A new study from Penn State University found a ‘hot-spot’ of melanoma cases in central Pennsylvania. Researchers found a pattern of skin cancer in counties with or near farmland.

A new Penn State study found a ‘hotspot’ of melanoma cases in central Pennsylvania, where there is a high amount of cultivated farmland.