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Health

Evangelical Community Hospital offers classes

LEWISBURG — Evangelical Community Hospital will hold a series of classes through the month of September. For the safety of participants, masking is required while inside Hospital facilities and during all learning sessions. Physical distancing and frequent handwashing/use of hand sanitizer is ...

Screenings offered at Evangelical this month

LEWISBURG — Community Health and Wellness at Evangelical Community Hospital will hold a series of screenings through the month of September. For the safety of participants, masking is required while in hospital facilities and during the screenings. Physical distancing and frequent ...

Air Force recruiter lost nearly 200 pounds to join military

For 6-foot tall, 362-pound college freshman Leo Knight-Inglesby, a chance meeting with U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Ty Lopez in 2007 changed the course of his life. That meeting led to him becoming Technical Sgt. Leo Knight-Inglesby, Williamsport’s newest U.S. Air Force recruiter. Lopez, an ...

Keller speaks on legislation, funding for rural hospitals

LOCK HAVEN — “UPMC does a great job and we are very fortunate here in rural Pennsylvania to have such quality healthcare,” Congressman Fred Keller said in a round table discussion of healthcare legislation, funding and local UPMC successes during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. He was ...

Geisinger appoints two new members to board of directors

Geisinger has appointed two new members to its now 16-member board of directors. The newly appointed directors are Benjamin K. Chu, M.D., senior adviser for Manatt Health, and Sherry A. Glied, Ph.D., dean of the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at New York University. Chu, ...

Column: Supporting students, families heading back to school

The end of August is always a busy time for families with school-aged children, but 2020 presents back-to-school challenges like nothing we’ve faced before. COVID-19 has impacted all aspects of our lives, including education. Students and their families may be feeling more anxious about the ...