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Phil Gianficaro/LehighValleyNews.comCommunity Bike Works received more than $600,000 from the Lehigh Valley Transportation Study to fund its bicycle safety and repair program for students in the Lehigh Valley. -
Donna S. Fisher/For LehighValleyNews.comIn an email, Allentown School District said mold spores were found in several elementary school classrooms. Remedial action has been taken, the district said in a release, and the classrooms will be tested ahead of the first day of school.
Lehigh Valley Heart and Vascular Institute now offers treatment for atrial fibrillation (AFib) with a new system that uses pulsed electrical fields to target problematic heart muscle cells instead of extreme heat or cold.
Health & Wellness News
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Thanksgiving dinner doesn't have to be a day you worry about ruining your diet or health plan. Lehigh Valley nutritionists weigh in. -
The USDA report does not include information about which commercial turkey farms were affected, but Jaindl recently reported an outbreak of the disease.
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After long-term care facilities were hard hit by COVID outbreaks in the first two years of the pandemic, staff now say they've got a better handle on the situation.
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Pennsylvania farmers are preparing for thousands of fresh turkeys to be picked up for the holiday meal.
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Daniel Buglio will run for Lehigh County coroner, a job he was appointed to this spring.
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Lehigh Valley Health Network's 17th Street Hospital is relocating and expanding its emergency department thanks to $6.5 million in state funding.
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Good Shepherd Rehabilitation offers a grant program to fund employees' ideas. Projects range from helping those with spinal chord injuries to researching specific topics.
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Lehigh Valley Health Network put out a statement saying they have reached an agreement with Aetna. This comes after the healthcare system said they would drop the health insurance company's members in 2023.
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Window washing superheroes rappelled down the side of Lehigh Valley Health Network's Reilly Children's Hospital on Thursday. The super-sized excitement included Superman, Spiderman and the Flash.
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St. Luke’s University Health Network begins construction on a new Women & Babies Tower that will bring more resources to families in Allentown. The hope is to serve 3,000 families a year.
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Lehigh Valley Health Network mixes mocktails, emphasizes seat belt use, and quizzes Penn State Lehigh Valley students on their alcohol IQ in the week before Thanksgiving.
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Precautions remain the same: wash your hands, wear a mask, get vaccinated, avoid crowds.
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The situation is worsened by staffing issues caused by hospital personnel getting sick.
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Improvements have been made, but the rate still lags behind other developed nations.
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More than 5,000 Pennsylvanians died from overdoses last year.
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Wintertime and the post-holiday doldrums can contribute to the condition.
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Skyrocketing COVID-19 case counts and beefed-up demand for testing prompted the extra hours.
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The omicron variant is fueling skyrocketing case counts across the U.S. -- and child hospitalizations are nearing record numbers.
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Folks are waiting in line for hours at testing sites across the Lehigh Valley.
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Hospitals in Scranton and York will receive more acute-care capacity and EMS support.
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A new behavioral health center for teens in crisis is set to open in the Easton area.
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The move is in response to a request by the Wolf administration for federal assistance.
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Knowing when and why to use a rapid test can help in limiting infections.
