There will soon be a new president and CEO at Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network in Allentown.

Hospitals are the front line for providing health care during the COVID-19 pandemic, yet there is a lack of partnership with the Pennsylvania state government to protect hospitals, health care workers and the communities they serve. Throughout this pandemic, The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvan ia has worked in partnership with the Department of Health and other state agenci ...

Tower Health in West Reading said it is working on a phased reopening plan after shutting down most services to deal with the COVID-19 virus.

The Lehigh Valley Health Network, in partnership with Lehigh County, is relocating its Allentown COVID-19 testing site to the Old Lehigh County Courthouse on Tuesday. Operations will begin May 11 at the historic courthouse, 501 Hamilton St., Allentown. Hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. The Assess and ...

Lehigh Valley Health Network is opening what it is describing as COVID-free hospitals for elective surgeries. The health network described the term COVID-free as a hospital that has been quarantined throughout the pandemic – a stand-alone building that has never seen a COVID-19 case and is physically separated from those that care for patients with COVID-19.

A plan to update the communications capabilities in the IT department of St. Luke’s University Health Network has the Bethlehem-based health network in the international spotlight as a leader in health communications technology. It has also been featured in a series of television advertisements by Microsoft to promote its new Teams solution that are airing globally.

Since COVID-19 forced the shutdown of gyms across the state, some smaller, boutique-style gyms have shifted their focus to virtual classes and training sessions, offering a service to members even though their doors are closed.

E.T. Browne Drug Co., manufacturer of Palmer’s Cocoa Butter Formula and Coconut Oil Formula skin and hair care products, said its East Stroudsburg-based manufacturing facility, Hayward Laboratories, has started producing sanitizer for immediate distribution, to address widespread supply shortages in the wake of COVID-19.

OraSure Technologies of Bethlehem said it earned a $710,310 contract from the federal Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority to develop a pan-SARS-coronavirus antigen rapid in-home self-test. The test uses saliva samples and provides results in 20 minutes.

Two former privately owned urgent care centers in the Lehigh Valley have now reopened as Lehigh Valley ExpressCARE locations, after Lehigh Valley Health Network purchased them from Dr. David Shingles, D.O.