Brittany Sweeney
Health and wellness reporterI’m LehighValleyNews.com’s health and wellness reporter and also host “Living in the Lehigh Valley,” PBS39's health and wellness show. I have covered health-related topics for Lehigh Valley Public Media, contributing to PBS39 and 91.3 WLVR, since 2018. Winning the 2020 Emmy Award for Video Journalist is something I am proud of accomplishing while working for Lehigh Valley Public Media. I grew up in Montgomery County and I'm passionate about telling compelling stories in my home state of Pennsylvania. I'm a graduate of Temple University (go Owls!) and spent most of my career working as an anchor and reporter for NBC affiliates in Northeast Pennsylvania and Ohio. When I'm not covering news around the Lehigh Valley, I can be found exploring the great outdoors with my family. Contact me at BrittanyS@lehighvalleynews.com or 610-984-8170.
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Lehigh Valley Health Network is one of three hospital systems in the country chosen to participate in the study. Oncologists with LVHN are looking for patients to participate. -
Students from Building 21 High School pitch in to help paint and organize at Sixth Street Shelter in Allentown as part of a service learning project for the kids.
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Hiring for Good Shepherd Rehabilitation's new hospital in Center Valley is set to start in the new year. Construction is on track at the site across from the Promenade shops.
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A Lehigh Valley neurologist explains what stiff person syndrome is after singer Celine Dion reveals her diagnosis.
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A group of local leaders is coming together to address the child care crisis families are facing around the Lehigh Valley. The event will address these facilities facing challenges and solutions for how to begin to fix the problems.
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A new resource for children with autism and their families opened in Bethlehem Township. The clinic offers evaluations that can lead to a diagnosis and treatment programs.
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An Amazon fulfillment center in northeast Pa. is giving Lehigh Valley Reilly Children’s hospital $25,000. The money comes from the Amazon Goes Gold campaign.
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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.
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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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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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As of April 13, elementary students in the Bethlehem Area School District are back in class four days a week more than a year after the pandemic began.
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It’s a taboo topic with serious consequences: Across the country, the suicide rate has risen more than 33% in the last decade, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Dawn Godshall, the new executive director of Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley is preparing to lead the group into its next chapter.
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A year after shutting down the Just Born Quality Confections plant in Bethlehem, the makers of Peeps candy are making a sweet comeback just in time for Easter.
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The Pennsylvania Department of Health recently decided to allocate COVID-19 vaccines to providers who can get the greatest amount of shots administered.
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It’s been a year since Pennsylvania went into lockdown. Since then the coronavirus has claimed the lives of more than 25,000 Pennsylvanians. Battered, we examine what has changed in the last year.
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An increasing number of women going for their annual mammogram are showing signs of inflammation these days. Doctors now believe the COVID-19 vaccine has something to do with it.
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Pennsylvania health officials on March 4 announced more details about how they plan to get COVID-19 vaccines into the arms of teachers and school employees.
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BETLHEHEM, Pa. - The federal government recently reported due to the pandemic, life expectancy in America has dropped a whole year. U.S. life expectancy…
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Weather delays and a mixup on the state level have caused second doses of the COVID vaccine to be canceled across Pennsylvania. The Allentown Health Bureau is just one location in the Lehigh Valley rescheduling patients at the last minute.
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Mental health conditions continue to skyrocket during the pandemic, leaving many feeling hopeless. But a Lehigh Valley psychiatrist says there are ways to combat the mental health crisis.
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A Lehigh Valley organization is teaming up with a local health network in an effort to boost access to the vaccine in communities that may need it most.
