Health & Wellness News

After closing its doors in March 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, New Bethany South Side Drop-in reopened on Monday.

Lisa Dente, 41, a teacher at Five Points Elementary School in Upper Mount Bethel Township, will run the Boston Marathon for the first time since the bombing in 2013 to raise money for PTSD victims.

Chris Yarnell is working to help Veterans.

Here are tips and tools for Pennsylvanians who use Medicaid to requalify for coverage after a pandemic-era federal moratorium on kicking people off Medicaid has ended.

An organ transplant recipient and the donor’s Lehigh Valley family are sharing their experience in order to encourage others to become organ donors. April is National Donate Life Month.

The decision came with a decline in COVID-19 cases in the areas LVHN serves.

Muhlenberg College announced its second academic partnership with Villanova University today. This partnership will allow Muhlenberg prehealth students to earn a second bachelors in nursing at Villanova’s M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of Nursing in an accelerated time frame.

It would potentially take one of the pills used in a medication abortion off the market

The Easton site of Miller Keystone Blood Center has been relocated to a bigger, more visual space. Those who work there hope it will bring in more donors.

Lehigh Valley Health Network is implementing a new system that helps improve care and cut costs for patients and the system. The data analytic app will help reduce wasteful spending and assist clinicians in making informed decisions.

'American Hospitals: Healing A Broken System' is a documentary about the rising cost of hospital care. A businessman and filmmaker, both from the Lehigh Valley, produced the film that can be screened in Bethlehem this month.

An egg hunt was held for visually impaired children this week. The Allentown Fire Department Bomb Squad and Sights for Hope teamed up for the event.

In one 24-hour period earlier this month, 10 patients at LVHN died from COVID-19, physician says.

The COVID treatment is not a replacement for a vaccination, experts say.

Each day is a challenge as those who answer calls get sick too, officials say.

Advocacy group has seen a surge in the number of people looking for health insurance and ways to pay for it.

The test measures the level of a certain kind of protein that is present during an attack.

The center will support medical and nursing students and is expected to be completed early next year.

The 'Life Unites Us' social media campaign is seeing some success in reducing stigma surrounding the battle with opioid addiction.

The highly contagious omicron variant of COVID-19 is overloading Pa. hospitals.

NHCLV has made more virtual visits available during the latest COVID surge.

It's best to plan ahead make an appointment to get a vaccine booster.

The district is trying to keep its schools open in spite of the surging number of COVID cases.

Customers are finding they can save money by comparing and ordering pharmacy items online.