Butler Health System’s $150 million debt was refinanced in 2015, years before COVID-19 brought long-lasting problems to the industry — inflation, stagnant insurance reimb...
More discouraging financial news arrived for the Butler Health System on Monday, April 1, as credit rating agency Moody’s downgraded the hospital system’s credit rating f...
VA Butler Healthcare said veterans exposed to toxins and other hazards are now eligible for health care through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs without first appl...
Amy Christensen, a bartender and shift lead at Recon Brewing in Butler, said she and her co-workers have noticed a trend lately that seems unusual for a brewery.
People ...
Al Brown has volunteered for the Butler Memorial Hospital Auxiliary for the past 23 years.
He works in the outpatient department, where he takes patients that are regist...
CRANBERRY TWP — Last March, 72-year-old Dee Ruckert, of New Sewickley, knew she had to do something about her physical health before it was too late.
“My husband was dia...
The number of hospital admissions for the flu increased 500% at Butler Memorial Hospital in the last three months of 2023 compared to the same period in 2022, according a...
Western Pennsylvania hospitals have continued to open new beds, despite data indicating the region has been overbedded for years, an expense some experts say ultimately d...
ADAMS TWP — As emergency medical service providers across Pennsylvania are feeling the financial pinch, Adams Township has stepped forward to support its EMS provider in ...
McCANDLESS TWP, Allegheny County — UPMC Passavant patients can expect more preventive medicine and robotic surgery in the near future.
That was the message Susan Hoolahan...
The operating loss of $43.7 million for the 12-month period ending June 30 reported earlier this week by the Butler Health System — one portion of the newly merged Indepe...
VA Butler Healthcare temporarily closed its walk-in COVID-19 vaccine clinic at the Abie Abraham VA Health Care Center on Wednesday afternoon after running out of vaccine,...
With flu season underway, doctors and health care professionals from the Western PA Regional Chief Medical Officers Consortium encourage the public to be vigilant in the ...
Every day, Cranberry resident Margarita Hornung realizes how lucky she is to be alive to be with her husband, Mike, and her two children, 15-year-old Noah and 9-year-old ...
In recognition of National Recovery Month, Butler County Community College is hosting “Stories of Hope” featuring people in recovery from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 14, ...
A growing need for affordable health services is driving uninsured residents around Butler and surrounding counties to the Jean B. Purvis Community Health Center.
There t...
ZELIENOPLE — Stacie Grenet was not sure what she wanted to do when she graduated high school in 2006, she just knew that she wanted to help others.
“When I graduated high...
Jenn Himes-Smith has been there as a person has started his life, and has also been with people at the end of their lives, alongside their families.
While she described h...
GENEVA — The World Health Organization said Friday that COVID-19 no longer qualifies as a global emergency, marking a symbolic end to the devastating coronavirus pandemic...
The following numbers on the COVID-19 pandemic were compiled from news releases from the state Department of Health.
COVID-19 statistics from April 28 to May 3 are:
B...
The following numbers on the COVID-19 pandemic were compiled from news releases from the state Department of Health.
COVID-19 statistics from April 13 to 20 are:
Butl...
CRANBERRY TWP — South College, a multi-campus institution founded in Knoxville, Tenn., is aiming to fill the nursing shortage need.
The school announced the completion of...
Allegheny Health Network recently announced the appointment of Dr. Devon M. Ramaeker, to division chief of Maternal Fetal Medicine within AHN Women’s Institute.
In her ne...
When the word “midwife” is mentioned, many people think of an uncertified woman who delivers babies at a prospective mother’s home.
The three medical professionals in the...
The following numbers on the COVID-19 pandemic were compiled from news releases from the state Department of Health.
COVID-19 statistics from March 2 to 8 are:
Butler...
The following numbers on the COVID-19 pandemic were compiled from news releases from the state Department of Health.
COVID-19 statistics from Feb. 16 to 22 are:
Butle...
WASHINGTON — The overdose-reversing drug naloxone should be made available over the counter to aid the national response to the opioid crisis, U.S. health advisers said W...