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The advent of the Nurse Practitioner profession in the 1960’s was intended to expand health care options for people living in underserved communities. Since then, the number of practitioners has grown exponentially,

Many aspects of the labor force have changed during the past two years, as workers left jobs for new careers and some retired early to explore other opportunities. The changes have impacted all age demographics,

In 2017, a delegation of Northern Arapaho tribal members traveled from Wyoming to Carlisle, in Cumberland County, to retrieve remains of three children who died at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in the 1880s.

Pennsylvania’s Affordable Care Act (ACA) insurance marketplace is open for 2022 enrollment. The deadline to sign up is January 15. Pennsylvania’s ACA marketplace is through the Pennsylvania Health Insurance Exchange Authority or Pennie.com.

“One of the distinctive characteristics of the electric power sector is that the amount of electricity that can be generated is relatively fixed over short periods of time, although demand for electricity fluctuates throughout the day.

For 100 years, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier has stood as recognition and gratitude for the sacrifice and service of America’s Armed Forces. Since November 11, 1921, the Tomb has provided a final resting place for one of America’s unidentified World ...

During the coronavirus pandemic, we’ve been reminded from time-to-time that thousands of people are still dying across the country from drug overdoses. Often, the deaths are attributed to and listed as part of the opioid epidemic.

On a late spring night in 2002, a bearded man entered a home in a Salt Lake City neighborhood by cutting open a screen on an open bedroom window. He placed a knife to the throat of 14-year-old Elizabeth Smart and dragged her from her room and into a ni...

[box]Listen to Smart Talk every weekday at 9am and 7pm on WITF 89.5 & 93.3. You can also stream WITF radio live on our website or ask your smart speaker to “Play WITF Radio.”[/box] The Biden administration implemented a vaccine mandate in September tha...