Rural Healthcare

The Trump administration’s recent cuts to the Department of Health and Human Services included billions of dollars in grants to the states. Gov. Josh Shapiro joined a multistate lawsuit against the administration, resulting in a temporary pause on the cuts. But Luzerne and Lackawanna county officials are left waiting on money that may not come.

People living in both rural and urban counties face unique barriers to accessible healthcare. School-based health centers help residents to overcome those obstacles, centering the schools as community hubs.

Besides food and fun, educational programming is a large part of the Pennsylvania Farm Show’s scheduling. An event about suicide prevention in agricultural communities highlighted resources for the community, as well as the unique stressors farmers face that make them vulnerable to mental health struggles.

Betty Benulis celebrates her 50-year employment anniversary today, Jan. 6, at St. Luke’s Miners campus.

Healthcare, and access to it, vary throughout WVIA’s 22 county coverage area. Our top health stories covered healthcare deserts, uncertain futures, women's rights and more.

Maternal and Family Health Services (MFHS) is leading a regional maternal health coalition that will aim to identify gaps in maternal healthcare and implement tangible solutions over three years.

Wyoming County has a large community of grandparents raising their grandchildren. Despite wanting to keep their families together, raising grandchildren comes with a large financial burden that government does not help to mitigate. Advocates took matters into their own hands.

The Ruark family stepped in once Tyler Memorial Hospital in Tunkhannock closed in 2022. Now, the newly opened Wyoming County Healthcare Center, Inc. aims to serve rural residents impacted by the hospital’s closure.

Wyoming County used opioid settlement funds to mail residents drug deactivation systems called Deterra kits.

'Pharmacy deserts' affect hundreds of thousands in Pennsylvania as independent drugstores struggle amid rising costs, low reimbursements from pharmacy benefit managers