Health & Wellness News

WLVR's Megan Frank talks with reporters Tom Shortell and Brittany Sweeney.

The Kellyn foundation aims to bring healthier, more accessible food options to people in the area. Their mobile farmers market goes all year round and now they are working with local farms to help grow their operations.

Pennsylvania State Police say officials have been unable to determine what caused eight children and five adults to become sick at the Lehigh Valley Children's Center on Park Avenue on Wednesday. Air quality tests are scheduled.

The organization has supported children with cancer insuring they have an angel watching over them.

Have you been following the news in the Lehigh Valley this week? Find out how many of these questions about happenings and news around the Lehigh Valley you can answer correctly.

October is National Dental Hygiene Month. Local health care providers have a few options for those who can't afford dental work.

The Suicide Prevention Coalition of Lehigh County is starting its LOSS Team, which will serve as first responders to assist families caught in the immediate aftermath of a suicide.

LVHN's Deputy Physician in Chief of the Lehigh Valley topper Cancer Institute has a pair of pink shoes for each day of the month. Dr. Lori Alfonse wears her fancy footwear to raise awareness about breast cancer prevention and treatment.

The Bethlehem Township commissioners on Monday unanimously approved both motions. Some residents are still concerned about Medevac helicopters getting too close to nearby neighborhoods.

The Whitehall Township Board of Commissioners is expected on Monday night to accept the bid of a Harrisburg-based civil engineering firm to conduct an evaluation of two recreation projects.

One in eight women are diagnosed with breast cancer, according to the American Cancer Society. A Palmerton woman is now a breast cancer advocate asking everyone to attend an event this October.

Accusations against Lehigh Valley Health Network mirror others across the country, such as the one featured on Netflix's Take Care of Maya.

Beam took the job in January when Dr. Rachel Levine was named to a post in the Biden administration.

Individual school districts must now decide if their students will mask or not.

Between masking and vaccines, conditions are ripe for a dramatic jump in new cases.

Nearly 87 percent of cases in the middle and high schools are in students who haven't been vaccinated.

Doctors had said amputation would be the most likely outcome after a 2020 car crash.

The ruling comes as COVID-19 case counts and hospitalizations rise dramatically in Pennsylvania.

People are suffering from the delta variant and hospital beds are filling up.

Pa. is among the top in the nation for people hospitalized with COVID-19.

St. Luke's officials say more than 80 percent of hospitalized COVID patients are unvaccinated.

BASD Superintendent Joseph Roy is concerned that growing cases throughout the community are causing the number of school cases to grow.

The NICU at LVHN Cedar Crest and the Level II ICU at LVH - Muhlenberg will expand with the help of 4 LV legislators.

Arguments before the Pa. Supreme Court will begin Dec. 8 but it is unknown when the decision will come down.