Health & Wellness News

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.

Free screenings, flu shots and training will be available in early November. Cetronia Ambulance Corps will hold its third annual health and wellness expo.

The site has porta potties and trailers for equipment storage. A proper field house will replace all of that.

Northampton County Executive Lamont McClure first presented plans for an employee health center nearly two years ago. The county council on Thursday voted against realizing his proposal yet again.

The deadline is right around the corner to nominate a veteran for one of the American Red Cross Lehigh Valley Heroes awards. The American Red Cross will once again pay tribute to those who served our country and the community.

A new fellowship soon will be offered to doctors at St. Luke's University Health Network to tie addiction and mental health services together more closely.

Just shy of a mile's worth of abandoned rail line lies in the way of joining the South Bethlehem Greenway with the Saucon Rail Trail. Bethlehem City Council has moved to buy the land along that rail to later facilitate the new connection.

An Allentown resident living with disabilities recently met with Congresswoman Susan Wild to talk about what congress can do to improve services for people like him.

The manufacturer of Giant's store-brand waffles has issued a recall due to potential listeria contamination, the supplier announced on Oct. 18. 2024.

No ID, insurance, or money required, just show up — thanks to a team of volunteer doctors who will be offering their services to the public Oct. 19-20 in Allentown.

Lehigh Valley Health Network teamed up with Spirit Halloween for their annual Halloween party. More than 200 children came to celebrate.

Easton Area Neighborhood Center has selected Alison Czapp, a local food and antipoverty advocate, as the new executive director of their organization.

It will take 'years and years' to rebuild the immunities we didn't need when we were staying home.

To date there have been 19 confirmed monkeypox cases in the U.S. and around 500 worldwide.

Cancer survivors who have made a difference beyond their own illness will be celebrated.

Allergies are worse here because the surrounding mountains tend to hold the allergens in.

Several factors could contribute to an increase in teen drug deaths, officials say.

A perfect storm of inflation, housing market issues, and gas prices have created a climate in which people need food.

The FDA is working with manufacturers to try to increase production of infant formula.

The problem is getting worse, she says.

Nurses' Week always begins on May 6 to honor the birth of Florence Nightingale.

One hallway features a giant 'Lite Bright.'

Some states, like West Virginia and Ohio, have 'trigger bans' that would immediately ban the procedure.

A Whitehall native, he's one of the longest-surviving organ transplant recipients in the nation.