1+ week, 6+ day ago   (391+ words) WATSONTOWN, PA — The U.S. Department of Labor proposed $496,528 in penalties against General Shale Brick Inc. after federal inspectors alleged the company knowingly exposed workers at its Watsontown plant to respirable silica above permissible levels and failed to implement required protections....

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (374+ words) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Food and Drug Administration approved Revolution Medicines Inc.’s Rasonque for certain adults with metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma after a clinical trial showed the drug nearly doubled median overall survival compared with standard chemotherapy, adding a treatment option for…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (530+ words) SCRANTON, PA — Pennsylvania is expanding a performance-monitoring system for its 52 Area Agencies on Aging, backed by an additional $1 million in the 2026-27 state budget, as officials seek to improve oversight of local programs responsible for protective services and other assistance for…...

3+ week, 18+ hour ago   (439+ words) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Cyclospora outbreak linked to recalled iceberg lettuce from central Mexico has sickened 10,930 people across 17 states, including Pennsylvania, leaving 454 hospitalized and two dead, federal health officials reported in an August 20 update. The Food and Drug Administration and Centers for…...

3+ week, 22+ hour ago   (340+ words) ATLANTA, GA — Federal health officials have linked alfalfa sprouts sold under the Calco and Everything Sprouts brands to 55 E. coli and Salmonella infections across 15 states, prompting warnings for consumers and businesses despite the absence of a product recall. Four people…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (421+ words) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will end federal Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program funding for certain gender-transition treatments for minors beginning Oct. 13, imposing a nationwide financing restriction on puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and surgeries while allowing a…...