Fathers discuss the benefits of paid parental leave for parents, regardless of gender.

Health care providers prescribing controlled substances are now required to do so electronically, unless they meet certain exceptions, according to Act 96, which is now in effect.

Lehigh Valley Health Network has opened the health network’s second Carbon County  ExpressCARE, a walk-in urgent care clinic, in Palmerton.

After operating out of a kiosk in the Palmer Park Mall in Palmer Township for more than a year, the co-owner of a CBD retailer opened last week in a larger, full-fledged space in the mall. Cannabidioil, or CBD, is an active ingredient in cannabis and part of an emerging industry. Eddie Salzman, co-owner of ...

  In Pennsylvania, four laboratories are often the last line of defense between the medical marijuana manufacturer and the consumer. And those labs’ role in public safety is becoming more apparent in light of the rise in lung-injury cases connected to the use of cannabis-based products in e-cigarette and vaping products. As of October 15, ...

The Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corp. honored Bethlehem-based OraSure Technologies for its contributions to the life sciences industry and growth as a company that produces medical diagnostic tests.

Coordinated Health’s Allentown and Bethlehem hospitals are among the top 10 percent in the nation for patient safety according to a 2020 national report by Healthgrades, the Denver, Colorado -based online resource for information about physicians and hospitals.

Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced on Oct. 21 that he and Attorneys General Josh Stein (NC), Herbert Slatery (TN), and Ken Paxton (TX) secured a $48 billion agreement in principle with pharmaceutical companies Cardinal Health, McKesson, AmerisourceBergen, Johnson & Johnson, and Teva for their roles in fueling the opioid epidemic, according to Shapiro’s office.

Tower Health, the Berks county-based health system, has announced that it is restructuring its nursing units at Chestnut Hill Hospital in Philadelphia, and Pottstown Hospital in Pottstown, resulting in the elimination of 32 jobs at Chestnut Hill, and 33 at Pottstown.

100 percent of Cedar Crest College’s School of Nursing students who took the National Council Licensure Examination from Oct. 1, 2018 to Sept. 30, 2019, passed the exam.