Location: Penn State Health

The "Nittany Lion," wearing a facemask, uses a marker to sign a metal beam. Several people walk around in the background.

Penn State Health celebrates topping off ceremony at new Lancaster County hospital

Oct 22, 2020

Penn State Health today celebrated the ‘topping off’ of its newest acute care hospital, Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center.

Osiris Martinez Urquilla looks at a computer screen as she stands in the medical laboratory at Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center. She is holding a test tube and is wearing scrubs, gloves and face mask and has long hair in a ponytail.

I am Penn State Health: Osiris Martinez Urquilla

Oct 22, 2020

Osiris Martinez Urquilla came to America from El Salvador by herself and worked hard to become a medical laboratory scientist lead at Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center.

Two women in personal protective equipment, including gowns, masks, goggles, and gloves, stand alongside a vehicle, speaking to the driver, who’s not visible. One worker holds a swab.

The Medical Minute: The three types of COVID-19 tests

Oct 21, 2020

Eight months into the COVID-19 pandemic, questions about testing abound. With COVID-19 cases trending upward, it’s important to understand when individuals should seek getting tested and what type of test they should have.

Students sit at a table and speak to a crowded room

Penn State and Penn State Health announce $2 million grant from the PNC Foundation

Oct 20, 2020

Penn State and Penn State Health joined with the PNC Foundation to announce a $2 million grant that will support programming to cultivate wellness and foster economic innovation in communities across the south-central Pennsylvania region and beyond.

Mouthwashes, oral rinses may inactivate human coronaviruses

Oct 19, 2020

Certain oral antiseptics and mouthwashes may have the ability to inactivate human coronaviruses, according to a Penn State College of Medicine research study.

An illuminated sign reading "Milton S. Hershey Medical Center" appears on a building at dusk.

Hershey Medical Center marks 50th anniversary by illuminating new landmark sign

Oct 15, 2020

Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center illuminated a new sign atop the now 50-year-old facility Oct. 14, part of a ceremony marking the anniversary of its first half-century.

Dr. Melissa Tribuzio, wearing glasses and a mask, holds a stethoscope to 2-year-old Matthew Fitzpatrick’s chest as he sits on his mother’s lap. He wears a diaper and has a pacifier in his mouth. Samantha Fitzpatrick, who is wearing a sweater and a mask, places her hand behind his back. His little brother, Ben, is in the background and wears a mask.

You’ve got a friend: Penn State Health earns highest marks in patient loyalty nationwide

Oct 13, 2020

Pediatrician Dr. Melissa Tribuzio dances with the 7-year-olds and pokes fun at the teenager’s eye rolls – all to put patients at ease. Gestures like these make Penn State Health a national leader in patient loyalty.

An image of a mouse brain has it’s different sections labeled using various colors.

Researcher leads $3.8 million project to map developing mice brains

Oct 12, 2020

A grant from the National Institutes of Health will allow a Penn State College of Medicine researcher to lead a three-year, multi-institution project to create an atlas of developing mice brains.

A person in full personal protective equipment in a hospital

Certain pre-existing conditions can double, triple mortality risk for COVID-19 patients

Oct 8, 2020

A large, international study of COVID-19 patients confirmed that cardiovascular disease, hypertension, diabetes, congestive heart failure, chronic kidney disease, stroke and cancer can increase a patient’s risk of dying from the virus.

Brenda Pogue laughs and tilts her head back while in the passenger seat of a car. At the edges of the road, friends and family in masks smile at her and take photos.

Five hundred and counting: Linglestown resident returning to life as Penn State Health marks milestone

Oct 8, 2020

Penn State Health discharged its 500th COVID-19 patient last weekend. Brenda Pogue of Linglestown is among the hundreds whom the health system helped heal. She’s still getting better.

1 2 3 … 80 Next »