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Dr. Debra Minzola: The last face you see before surgery, the first when you awake

Dr. Debra Minzola: The last face you see before surgery, the first when you awake

schedule January 19 2025
ink_pen Debra Minzola

As members of one of America’s most trusted health-care professions, certified registered nurse anesthetists have served on the front lines of patient care for more than 150 years, and we continue to answer the call to keep our patients safe and communities healthy. This week, Jan. 19-26, marks “National CRNA […]

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Rep. Matt Gergely dead at 45

Rep. Matt Gergely dead at 45

schedule January 20 2025
ink_pen Christen Smith

(The Center Square) – Pennsylvania state Rep. Matt Gergely died over the weekend. He was 45. No cause of death was immediately given. The second-term Democratic lawmaker represents a district in the Mon Valley, southeast of Pittsburgh. Before joining the state House in 2023, he served as the chief revenue […]

Skill games regulation back on the table

Skill games regulation back on the table

schedule January 20 2025
ink_pen Christen Smith

(The Center Square) – A multi-year push to regulate and tax skill games in Pennsylvania got a jumpstart this week from its most vocal legislative proponent. Sen. Gene Yaw, R-Williamsport, began circulating a cosponsorship memo for his $300 million plan to officially legalize the machines in private clubs and small […]

Dr. Debra Minzola: The last face you see before surgery, the first when you awake

Dr. Debra Minzola: The last face you see before surgery, the first when you awake

schedule January 19 2025
ink_pen Debra Minzola

As members of one of America’s most trusted health-care professions, certified registered nurse anesthetists have served on the front lines of patient care for more than 150 years, and we continue to answer the call to keep our patients safe and communities healthy. This week, Jan. 19-26, marks “National CRNA […]

Thom Nickels: Owen Wister and the ‘Western Cure’

Thom Nickels: Owen Wister and the ‘Western Cure’

schedule January 17 2025
ink_pen Thom Nickels

Several years ago while researching my book, Literary Philadelphia: A History of Poetry & Prose in the City of Brotherly Love, I looked into the life of Owen Wister, the author of the western novel, The Virginian. Wister was the only child of a physician father and an actress mother […]