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 health director says an increase in at-home tests is making it tougher to track new cases.

The University of Pennsylvania study examined rates for accessing care after hospitalization.

Heart disease remains the No. 1 killer of American women

Republican lawmakers say the money is needed instead to offset looming budget deficits.

The 'Great Resignation' and the pandemic are only two of the many reasons for the blood shortage.

The money will be aimed at hardest-hit communities and distributed over the next two decades.

Democrats and Republicans passed House Bill 253, a $225 million relief package.

Under the program, health care workers give temporary assistance to hospitals in need of help.

Some prep time now will make it easier on the household when a family member tests positive.

Stafffing shortages at day cares and preschools add another layer of chaos for the littlest learners.

The lead author suggests tighter regulations on the chemical class known as phthalates.

Journalist Gene Tauber says it's about 'helping people make decisions on how to reduce their own risk.'