Lehigh Valley surgeons, Drs. Peter Rovito and Geoffrey Hallock are headed to Honduras on Sept. 21 to provide needed surgeries to those who have no access to medical care.

Reading Hospital, the acute-care hospital of Tower Health in Reading, has hired a child-life specialist to support pediatric patients who may be experiencing anxiety during their stay in the emergency department.

A developer’s master plan for the Village at LifeQuest will create a project that allows for the interaction of different age groups in an inter-generational community in Milford Township near Quakertown.

St. Luke’s University Health Network has launched a new residency program designed to stop physician burn-out before it happens. 

The Wolf administration has launched the Lehigh Valley Green Retail Program, a partnership between Valley retailers and the state departments of Conservation and Natural Resources and Community and Economic Development, designed to promote outdoor recreation, and the businesses that surround it.

Lehigh Valley Health Network’s newest ExpressCare location will open Sept. 3.  The walk-in urgent care center, LVHN’s 20th ExpressCare location, is at 363 N. First St., Lehighton.

The Berks Community Health Center is expanding to offer pediatric primary care. 

The City of Allentown has filed a federal complaint in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania seeking to recover costs from what the city alleges was false, deceptive, and unfair marketing of prescription opioids by 20 defendants.

Lehigh Valley Health Network has announced a new partnership with IKS Health; a Burr Ridge, Illinois based health care solutions organization. The partnership aims to bring innovative technology to LVHN that will improve physician and patient satisfaction through improved efficiency.

Reading Hospital President and CEO William M. Jennings has personally donated $2,797.00 to the hospital’s employee assistance fund. Jennings presented his check to Katherine Thomas, president of the Reading Hospital Foundation on Aug. 21.  The donation was the result of Jennings’ pledge to donate $1 to the fund for every run scored in the Reading Hospital Employee softball leagues’ 2019 season.