Health & Wellness News

The Parkland School District will host a Community Resource Fair, Health Symposium and New Parent Social, from 9 a.m. to noon on March 18 in the Parkland High School Cafeteria.

Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center hosted the first event of the 2023 PA LGBTQIA Health Summit, which featured discussion on how social factors affect LGBTQIA health.

Despite record revenues locally and across the country for golf, local municipal courses are facing heightened supply costs.

The Shapiro administration recently announced child care providers will get two free carbon monoxide detectors this spring.

Early mornings will again be dark so use caution driving in the early morning for the next several weeks.

Take a look at stories throughout the week of which we are most proud, had a profound impact or that you might want to look at again.

A free physical therapy clinic is being offered at DeSales University starting Monday. The services are being provided by students in the physical therapy program.

The Free Migration Project says it's in 'productive conversations' with LVHN to prevent woman's "medical deportation."

Advocates and service providers fear a proposed $20 million funding increase for community mental health services would not go far enough.

A professor of law is weighing in on a medical repatriation — or as some call it, a 'medical deportation' case — in the Lehigh Valley. Professor Lori Nessel is the director of the Immigrants’ Rights/International Human Rights Clinic at the Seton Hall University School of Law.

Richard M. Bodner testified on Friday to the safety measures implemented not only to the existing Bethlehem Landfill but its proposed expansion in Lower Saucon Township.

Northampton County is approved to join other municipalities and residents who have a legal standing in opposing the proposed landfill in Lower Saucon Township.

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.

The new facility will serve children as well as adults.

Pregnant women in Pennsylvania who are insured through Medicaid will now have coverage for a full year after giving birth, rather than just 60 days post-partum.

Preventive programs can help people stay healthier and are available for no extra Medicare premium.

The Safe2Say Something program receives thousands of tips about mental health, bullying and harassment.

How to tell the difference as we head toward peak allergy season.

A shortage of specialists is among the reasons for wait lists for testing.

People tend to get vaccinated when the number of new infections goes up.

One solution is to allow more clinicians to give a diagnosis of autism.

It takes a special person to be a caregiver, one who wants to help.

Frances Wolf says hunger should never be what holds a person back from succeeding in higher education.