The “sitting is the new smoking” mantra from health care is linking sedentary work-lifestyles to everything from poor metabolic health to an increased risk of heart disease.

As a couple hundred well-wishers cheered and applauded, officials dug the ceremonial shovelful of gravel neatly piled in front of them Thursday afternoon on what will be Geisinger St. Luke's Hospital, but the ease belied the complexity it took to arrive at that day.

Reading Hospital in West Reading has a new president and CEO: William Jennings has been hired to fill the position effective Oct. 15.

Lately, the humble straw has gotten a bad rap.

Cedar Crest College in Allentown announced it has established a new School of Nursing, three months after it unveiled the $1.8 million renovation of its nursing lab.

Construction is scheduled to begin Thursday on Geisinger St. Luke’s Hospital near Orwigsburg, the first hospital to be built in Schuylkill County in 100 years.

Health Network Laboratories has opened a School of Phlebotomy to meet a growing need for more health care professionals who are trained to draw blood and collect specimens for laboratory testing.

On a nearly perfect day for flying, St. Luke’s University Health Network’s shiny new medical helicopter circled once around St. Luke’s Hospital in Fountain Hill on Monday morning before landing perfectly on the rooftop helipad to an awaiting medical team.

Lehigh Valley Health Network will acquire a Hazleton-based ambulance company that also operates in Schuylkill County.