An emergency room employee is recovering in a Pittsburgh hospital after he was violently assaulted at work. A patient at UPMC Altoona is now facing aggravated assault charges, accused of seriously ...

There were three fires over the weekend in the Altoona area — one that sent a man to the hospital with life-threatening injuries; one that destroyed a mobile home and one that damaged the basement of ...

AMY. THANK YOU. WELL, IT’S A RENEWED CALL TO PROTECT HEALTH CARE WORKERS AFTER MULTIPLE VIOLENT INCIDENTS LAST NIGHT. NURSES, THEIR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAME TOGETHER FOR A CANDLELIGHT VIGIL ...

ALTOONA, Pa. (WTAJ) — Union nurses gathered outside UPMC Altoona Wednesday evening to say, “enough is enough.” The nurses are demanding the Pittsburgh-based health care system make good on a promise ...

ALTOONA, Pa. (WTAJ) — UPMC has announced a new program to help provide education and create skilled nurses has made its way to Altoona. The UPMC Mercy School of Nursing has opened at UPMC Altoona and ...

REDUCE WORKPLACE VIOLENCE. NEARLY TWO WEEKS AGO, INSIDE THE EMERGENCY ROOM AT UPMC ALTOONA, A PATIENT SEVERELY BEAT A HEALTH CARE WORKER UNTIL HE WAS UNCONSCIOUS. TRAVIS DUNN SUFFERED A FRACTURED ...

Director of Respiratory Services Mike Harf and Respiratory Therapy Supervisor Risa Aaronson sit at a table that shows a healthy pig lung (right) and an unhealthy one harmed by cigarette smoke. Mirror ...

ALTOONA, Pa. (WTAJ) — A UPMC Altoona ER patient care technician was rushed for emergency surgery after allegedly being viciously beaten by a patient. Bradley Scott Lloyd, 40, of Tyrone, was charged ...

Monday night, nurses, their families, and community members held a candlelight vigil for safety at UPMC Altoona. While the vigil was organized to raise awareness for an attack against a healthcare ...

SAYS ABOUT IT. MORRISSEY. JERRY. NURSES, HEALTH CARE WORKERS AND THE UNION SEIU HEALTH CARE RELEASED THIS OPEN LETTER ASKING UPMC TO INCREASE THEIR SECURITY WITH MEASURES LIKE METAL DETECTORS AT THE ...