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Geisinger Lewistown earns honors for stroke care

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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 ...

Rollins announces creation of USDA Office of Seafood

Agriculture

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

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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 ...

Shapiro Administration celebrates opening of Keystone Animal Diagnostic Center

Agriculture

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 ...

USDA asks partners to develop AI solutions to accelerate crop innovation

Agriculture

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is taking steps to speed up progress in plant science by calling on universities and stakeholders to help build new AI tools that can translate the huge amount of germplasm data the agency collects. Through the Genesis Mission and the Agriculture Advanced Research and Development Authority, USDA is expected to launch an Agricultural National Science & Technology Challenge later this year. The Challenge will ask innovators to create practical solutions that pull together different types of information—like images, field data, and lab ...

New steps to put farmers first

Agriculture

WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins has announced several steps that the U.S. Department of Agriculture is taking to support America’s farmers in response to ongoing challenges across the agricultural sector. These actions include a series of data modernization, payment flexibility, and enhanced crop insurance options to benefit farmers. “When I travel across farm country, I hear the same message over and over: producers want a USDA that works for them. The Trump USDA is focused on making changes that improve the livelihood of our great farmers. I am pleased ...