To help create more family practice and internal medicine doctors, St. Luke’s University Health Network said it is offering a nearly free medical school education for a select group of students who seek degrees in those specialties.

15 Lehigh Valley businesses, including the Nestle Waters plant and Sam Adams brewery, both in Breiningsville, are working with St. Luke’s to screen more than 6,000 employees daily for coronavirus symptoms.

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.

St. Luke’s University Health Network is using a new cloud-based telehealth platform to remotely monitor COVID-19 patients.  The platform, called Masimo SafetyNet, uses wearable single-use sensors to keep track of patients’ symptoms.

Bethlehem’s St. Luke’s and Filament Innovations of Coplay, as well as 3D manufacturer ProtoCAM of Upper Macungie Township, have teamed up to produce 3D printed masks and face shields for health care providers to help protect them from COVID-19.

LifeAire Systems, an Upper Macungie Township company that creates in-duct air purification systems that remove airborne pathogens such as COVID-19, is looking to produce more. The company developed the technology for the in vitro fertilization industry and installed it in its first hospital a couple years ago.

St. Luke’s University Health Network has launched a coronavirus telephone and email hotline to respond to inquiries from patients and the public.

St. Luke’s University Health Network unveiled its new, eight-bed Pediatric Intensive Care Unit during a ribbon cutting ceremony on Feb. 6 at St. Luke’s University Hospital in Bethlehem. The new unit will open to patients Feb 10.

St. Luke’s University Health Network of Bethlehem has officially opened its St. Luke’s Health Center Palmerton.

St Luke’s is hosting a grand opening Saturday of its St. Luke’s Fitness & Sports Performance Center on Union Boulevard in Allentown.