LEWISTOWN – Mifflin County’s confirmed measles count has risen to 29, up from 17, as Pennsylvania’s outbreak reached 393 cases and the state reported its first measles-related deaths in 35 years. The latest county figures, dated Aug. 24, show Mifflin County added 12 cases since the ...
Kids using Snapchat may fall pray to its addictive qualities or come into contact with predators, according to a new lawsuit filed in Pennsylvania on Tuesday. And, the app’s parent company, Snap, should be more honest about it, said Attorney General Dave Sunday. “This is a very serious legal action with the end goals of being an overhaul of how Snapchat markets and advertises its app, design changes to discourage compulsive use, and safeguards so that families can decide what their children can access online,” he said. Snapchat’s distinction from other social media apps sued ...
LEWISTOWN — Geisinger-Lewistown Hospital has earned two American Heart Association and American Stroke Association recognitions for its stroke care, joining several other Geisinger hospitals honored for heart and stroke treatment. The Lewistown hospital received the Get With The Guidelines-Rural Stroke Gold award as well as the Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Gold Plus award with Target: Stroke Honor Roll and Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll recognition. The Get With The Guidelines achievement awards recognize hospitals that demonstrate a commitment to following evidence-based ...
WASHINGTON — Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins alongside Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum, White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett, Alaska Senator Dan Sullivan, and Maine Senator Susan Collins recently announced the creation of the new U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of Seafood. This first of its kind office will prioritize customer service and ease of navigation for American seafood cultivators, producers, and processors to access USDA programs. “President Trump is the first President to recognize fishermen ...
Three taken to hospital after work-zone crash MIFFLINTOWN — Three people were taken to Geisinger Lewistown Hospital following a two-vehicle crash in a work zone on U.S. 22 in Fermanagh Township. Pennsylvania State Police at Lewistown said the crash occurred at 3:37 p.m. Aug. 18 as both ...
MONACA, Pa. — Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding and Penn State University’s College of Agricultural Sciences Dean Dr. Troy Ott marked a milestone for Pennsylvania farmers earlier this year, cutting the ribbon to open the Keystone Animal Diagnostic Center at Penn State University’s Beaver Campus. Funded by a $6 million investment from Governor Josh Shapiro’s bipartisan 2024-25 budget, the lab expands Pennsylvania’s capacity to respond to animal disease outbreaks, speeding diagnoses for farmers in the western part of the state, lowering their business costs, and helping ...
