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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. Luke’s now offers a new pencil-eraser-shaped device, call the Zephyr endobronchial valve, that helps patients with advanced emphysema or COPD breathe easier.
ITNLehigh Valley is working with the Bethlehem Health Bureau and Meals on Wheels of the Greater Lehigh Valley to provide mobile vaccine services for non-driving residents of Northampton County.
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.
Ahart’s Market in South Bethlehem has offered healthy and affordable food options to locals for nearly 20 years, however that’s about to change. The neighborhood grocery store recently announced it will close April 30 due to what it said were profitability issues related to COVID-19.
Over the weekend the Turkey Hill store on Rt. 309 in Coopersburg went dark, leaving many customers puzzled about why they couldn’t purchase coffee or gas there.
The Pennsylvania Department of Health has announced changes to its face mask mandate to reflect new guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, but the relaxed restrictions only benefit individuals who are already fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and come amid a rise in new case numbers in parts of the Commonwealth.
Shot-Line, St. Luke’s 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.
As distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine continues across Pennsylvania, Gov. Tom Wolf announced Monday that restrictions on restaurants and other businesses will ease beginning in April.
The number 13 is considered unlucky by some, but the number 13,000 won’t be to the 13,000 area residents who will receive the COVID-19 vaccine this week courtesy of St. Luke’s University Health Network.
Thanks to expert care by a team of doctors and other medical professionals at St. Luke’s University Health Network, high school athlete Noah Kostic has made a full recovery from the rare heart condition that nearly cost him his life last year.
