Mount Nittany workers criticize latest contract proposal after strike
STATE COLLEGE — Contract negotiations resumed Monday between Mount Nittany Health and the union representing nearly 1,000 hospital employees, with union leaders saying they were disappointed by the hospital’s latest contract proposal following a five-day strike. According to the union, Mount Nittany Health reduced its wage offer to 2% annual raises over three years, lowered proposed increases for nurses and withdrew other previously offered improvements. Union members contend the proposal comes as the health system continues expanding its facilities, including construction of a ...
Robotics, field demos to highlight exhibits at Ag Progress Days
UNIVERSITY PARK — The latest advances in agricultural technology — including a robotics exhibit, commercial exhibits and live field demonstrations — will take center stage at Penn State’s Ag Progress Days, Aug. 11-13. A new addition this year is the FIRA Robotics Village — a ...
State temporarily shutters rural aging agency
HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Department of Aging has taken the unprecedented step of temporarily decommissioning one of the state’s 52 county agencies that protect older adults from abuse and neglect after uncovering “serious performance issues” there. For the next 180 days, Potter County’s older adults will be served by a neighboring aging agency as the state determines how to proceed. Options include putting the agency on an improvement plan or shuttering it permanently. Though state officials did not provide details on the problems they discovered, they said they were ...
Geisinger-Lewistown treating suspected measles
LEWISTOWN – The room can be empty and still not be safe. A person with measles can cough, walk out and leave microscopic viral particles floating in the air for up to two hours. Someone can enter an hour later, never see the infected person, and still contract the virus. At Geisinger-Lewistown Hospital, doctors are now confronting this threat. Dr. Stanley Martin, director of infectious diseases for Geisinger, said the hospital is treating “a handful” of suspected measles cases. The Pennsylvania Department of Health must confirm the cases through testing, a process that can ...