So far, there has not been a significant spread of COVID-19 through sports, according to Zlotnick. But asymptomatic carriers are the biggest spreaders, he said, and young people involved in high contact sports could unknowingly be carriers, spreading the virus to other athletes who then go home and expose their families to it

Grand View Health has announced that former Penn State Health St. Joseph CFO Courtney Coffman has joined the leadership team as vice president and Chief Financial Officer of the Bucks County-based health system.

Dr. Jeffery Zlotnick, a physician with Penn State Health St. Joseph in Reading, is a pioneer of concussion treatment. Inspired to study and treat concussions by the tragic death of a student athlete, he began studying sports-related head injuries long before others.

Penn State Health St. Joseph is moving its Muhlenberg urgent care practice to a larger site that will have more services, longer hours and will hopefully better serve the community.

In an effort to provide price transparency for patients, Penn State Health is now providing access to online pricing.

Penn State Health St. Joseph has been given $425,000 to establish a nursing simulation lab and provide funding for nursing education at the St. Joseph’s downtown campus in Reading.