Location: Penn State Health

Four people – two men and two women – pose outside for a photo holding an oversized check made out to Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, in the amount of $1 million. It’s signed by Dallas Krapf. A building with windows is in the background, as are bushes and flowers.

Penn State philanthropists commit $1 million to build new chapel on Hershey Medical Center campus

Nov 13, 2019

Longtime Penn State philanthropists Dallas and Diane Krapf have committed $1 million—their largest single contribution to the University to date—to build a new interfaith chapel on the campus of Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center.

A young girl sits between two women on a couch. She holds and pages through a large photo album as the women look on, smiling. A bookshelf and window are in the background.

The Medical Minute: How to discuss family health history with children

Nov 13, 2019

Parents spend hours planning to talk with their children about the “birds and bees.” But moms and dads often ignore an equally important conversation—discussing their family’s overall health history.

A group of men, women and children gather around an oversized check for $751.52 made out to Children’s Miracle Network.

Pay 4 Play fundraiser smashes record

Nov 12, 2019

The annual People’s Pay 4 Play on WQXA-FM 105.7 The X raised a record-breaking $359,410 for Children’s Miracle Network at Penn State Children’s Hospital.

A child ducks through ropes in a room with displays on the wall. Next to him are the words Mazes & Brain Games Opening January 18. Sponsored by Highmark and Penn State Health.

Penn State Health and Highmark sign multiyear agreement with Reading Public Museum

Nov 11, 2019

Penn State Health and Highmark Health have entered into a multi-year sponsorship agreement with the Reading Public Museum.

Two construction workers guide a steel beam into place on the top of a steel frame structure

Penn State Health celebrates topping off ceremony at new acute care hospital

Nov 8, 2019

Penn State Health today celebrated the ‘topping off’ of Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center, the future 300,000-square-foot, three-story acute care hospital in Cumberland County.

Five women pose with an oversized check in the amount of $10,000, made out from Highmark to Penn State Health. The Memo line reads: Eye glasses for students in need. A desk and office shelves are in the background.

Highmark Blue Shield grant to provide eye glasses for students in underserved schools

Nov 7, 2019

Highmark Blue Shield has granted $10,000 to Penn State Health in support of a community health initiative to cover standard vision assessments and the cost of eye glasses for students in need in two school districts.

An aerial view of Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and Penn State College of Medicine shows tall buildings, a parking lot with cars in the foreground and hills with trees in the background.

Hershey Medical Center again earns top safety marks from Leapfrog

Nov 7, 2019

Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center has once again earned the highest grade on The Leapfrog Group’s latest safety ranking report card.

A close-up of a woman with her eyes closed and an irritated expression on her face. She is covering her left ear with her left hand.

The Medical Minute: Eustachian tube dilation offers safer relief from dysfunction

Nov 6, 2019

Popping your ears by yawning or chewing gum can help alleviate pressure. But if that doesn’t help, a more permanent solution might be Eustachian tube dilation.

Three people smile for a photo.

WQXA 105.7 The X hosts “Pay 4 Play” to support Penn State Children’s Hospital

Nov 5, 2019

Nipsey, Earl David Reed and Jen Shade of The People’s Morning Show on WQXA-FM 105.7 The X will host the 13th annual People’s Pay 4 Play (#Pay4PlayXIII) from Thursday, Nov. 7 at 5 a.m. through Friday, Nov. 8 at 9 a.m.

A view of the Cocoaplex cinema, a one-story brick building. Clouds in a blue sky are visible behind it.

Penn State Health to convert CocoaPlex space to outpatient care

Nov 5, 2019

Penn State Health will expand medical services in the Hershey community by adding internal medicine, endocrinology and nephrology to family medicine services currently offered at the CocoaPlex Center.

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