Health & Wellness News

The hazmat crew got the call at 10:17 a.m., deploying to a private structure on the block just east of the Hyatt Place hotel at the corner of Guetter and North streets.

Said Edward Boscola, Bethlehem water and sewer resources director: “It’s important for everybody to know that the lead levels in the city’s drinking water system are very low."

The health network recognized Bill and Denise Spence for their philanthropy, inspired by their daughter's pregnancy experience. Bill Spence is retired CEO of PPL Corp.

The eighth annual Bob Price Memorial Turkey Drive was held at Coca-Cola Park on Friday. More than 2,000 turkeys were donated by area businesses and residents to help feed those in need in the Lehigh Valley.

Organic whole and baby carrots linked to Grimmway Farms, including several brands available in stores throughout the Lehigh Valley, have been recalled due to concerns of E. coli.

LIHEAP, PPL's Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, returns in time for cold weather electric bills. Other programs are also available to help with costs.

Showstoppers Boxing Club teaches youth how to box and stay out of trouble. That’s why Promise Neighborhoods of the Lehigh Valley has uplifted the boxing club as an anti-violence initiative.

That endowment will help improve parks across the city by providing long-term funding for the Parknership’s work.

Inversion is a natural phenomenon that causes bottom water to flow up to the top surface and surface water to drop to the bottom. It's causing some households' drinking water to smell and taste different.

The partnership will center around a farm in Lower Macungie Twp., where according to the Rodale Institute, modern organic farming was invented.

Chemotherapy and radiation are the main treatments for breast cancer, but another treatment method can aid in the healing process. Accompanied by the traditional treatments, physical therapy can reduce painful side effects.

McDonald's quarter pounders have been sited as the source of an E.coli outbreak in the Midwest. Now, a Lehigh Valley doctor is letting local people know how to avoid getting sick.

Victor Cai wanted to help his karate teacher who has been losing his sight for year.

Robotic technology allows a surgeon to make more precise cuts.

Air quality in the Lehigh Valley got a 'C' grade for in 2021, up from a 'D' the year before.

Smoking weed in public or bringing cannabis across state lines remains illegal in Pennsylvania.

They're the first known cases identified in Pennsylvania since 1984.

Half of the COVID relief aid this year will go toward nursing costs and an employee day care facility at Gracedale.

Cynerio says the flaws could have allowed hackers to control the robots, open locked doors and watch patients.

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Johnson said she is honored to lead during a 'transformative time' in public health.

Three LVHN hospitals received recognition by the Human Rights Campaign advocacy group.

The reason for the overdose deaths, seems to be tainted narcotics, the study says.

After a 2-year break, the Red Cross is asking for volunteers and fire fighters to step up and help.