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Memorial Hospital in Towanda, Pa., and the Towanda Borough Council have approved a written agreement that would result in the possible sale of two borough-owned parcels of land to the hospital, according to a Daily Review report.
The CDC has issued updated guidance on the prevention of a family of germs resistant to antibiotic treatment called carabapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae.
The CDC announced a new diagnostic test to detect dengue virus in people with symptoms of dengue fever or dengue hemorrhagic fever.
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia announced the opening of the CHOP Specialty Care Center at Virtua in Voorhees, N.J.