Governor Tom Wolf signed into law Senate Bill 739 Thursday, which provides $25 million in American Rescue Plan Act funding to Pennsylvania’s emergency management services (EMS) companies. 

Tower Health has promoted two physicians to vice president. 

Governor Tom Wolf announced today grants were awarded to 2,115 fire and EMS companies across the state, including Berks, Carbon, Lehigh and Northampton counties. 

Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN) Tuesday announced the formation of Lehigh Valley Orthopedic Institute to enhance its current bone and joint care. 

Reading Hospital today announced that for the first time it has been named one of Healthgrades America’s 50 Best Hospitals, which places the hospital among the top one % of nearly 4,500 hospitals nationwide. 

The Lehigh Valley Business Coalition on Healthcare (LVBCH) has selected ELMC Rx Solutions’ Prescription Drug Cost Containment Services and Keenan Pharmacy Services’ Keenan Pharmacy Clinical Management Program as the coalition’s pharmacy cost savings partners.  

The Dorothy Rider Pool Health Care Trust and Lehigh Valley Health Network have created the Leonard Parker Pool Institute for Health to improve the quality of medical care in Lehigh Valley. 

The recent expansion of the Star Community Health Dental Clinic in Allentown will increase service to the underserved population who seek treatment there when it reopens Friday. 

OraSure Technologies of Bethlehem has announced that its rapid COVID-19 test, InteliSwab, has been authorized by the FDA for use in children ages 2 to 14.

Gracedale Nursing Home is offering a Temporary Certified Nursing Aid (CNA) program this month to attract workers.