After losing a round in Commonwealth Court, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro is appealing to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court over his bid to extend a consent decree governing the relationship between UPMC and Highmark.

Lehigh Valley Health Network said it is adding two new ExpressCARE locations in Carbon County – one in Palmerton and one in Lehighton.

St. Luke's rural residency program is developing a new generation of physicians to serve rural areas.

Both hospitals both have been closed for years and both are in the process of being sold.

Wegman Companies Inc. based in Rochester, New York, plans to build a memory care and senior living community on nearly nine acres in Hanover Township, Northampton County.

Rite Aid Corp.'s top three executives are leaving and the embattled drugstore chain is cutting 20 percent of its corporate staff as part of a restructuring plan aimed at reducing costs.

A former nightclub in Carbon County is becoming a rural health center for St. Luke's University Health Network.

A major health network is expanding its ability to treat people seeking treatment for diabetes and endocrinology issues.

The looming threat of a physician shortage has hospitals throughout the Greater Lehigh Valley region and beyond on their toes and thinking ahead.

The Pennsylvania Department of Health is trying once again to start up its medical marijuana research program, which has been beset by legal challenges.