As the winningest and most celebrated wrestler in the history of Lehigh University, Mike Caruso knows the thrill of garnering public accolades and attention from the news media. These days the Saucon Valley resident names racehorses in honor of people, places and things he cherishes, to give them the spotlight he feels they have earned.
Michele Grida recently paid a return visit to St. Lukeās Upper Bucks hospital, buoyed by a renewed sense of gratitude and purpose. It was the one-year anniversary of her fever-induced collapse and emergency admission to the ICU with a near-fatal case of COVID.
āWelcome back, Dr. Kender!ā patients, physicians and staff of St. Lukeās University Health Network (SLUHN) are saying when they hear the news. This spring, the long-time Lehigh Valley-based internist returned to SLUHN to care for patients and help train future internal medicine specialists in the Network.
Individuals looking for a simple and easy way to sign up to receive the COVID-19 vaccine can now schedule their appointment by texting the word āVaccineā to St. Luke's at 23762.
As participants begin the 165-Mile Challenge this year, they have a new app for the "Get Your Tail on the Trail" program, offered by St. Luke's University Health Network and the Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor (D&L).
St. Luke's University Health Network is a first-time winner of the prestigious 15 Top Health Systems award, part of the IBM Watson Health 100 Top Hospitals national benchmarks series.
St. Lukeās University Health Network announced earlier this week that it has reached a critical milestone in the fight against coronavirus by administering more than 250,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine since the vaccine first became available in December.
St. Lukeās Sacred Heart Campus in Allentown celebrated the opening of the regionās most advanced detoxification unit with a virtual ribbon-cutting earlier this week.
By hosting COVID-19 vaccine clinics at the Hispanic Center of the Lehigh Valley and Greater Shiloh Church in Easton, St. Luke's University Health Network is working to improve vaccine access for members of underserved communities, including communities of color and Spanish speakers.
Shot-Line, St. Lukeās over-the-phone vaccination scheduling system, is now available in Spanish to help facilitate and expedite outreach to Spanish speakers who have yet to register for a COVID vaccine appointment.
