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.
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.
Oct 6, 2020
Penn State Health and state health leaders stress the critical importance of getting a flu vaccination.
Sep 29, 2020
Environmental Health Services and Operating Room team members from Hershey Medical Center and Penn State Health St. Joseph share why their work is so incredibly important and rewarding during COVID-19.
Sep 24, 2020
Middle-aged adults who report symptoms of insomnia and are sleeping less than six hours a night may be at increased risk of cognitive impairment, according to a study by Penn State College of Medicine researchers.
Sep 21, 2020
Kassie Heeman knows she carries a lot of weight on her shoulders. “If I don’t see something, then the doctors don’t see it – and that’s a big deal,” said the Paxtonia resident who is a sonographer at Hershey Medical Center.
Sep 18, 2020
Nora Elfiky, a trainee in Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center's Neurology Residency, was honored in September as part of the Exceptional Moments in Teaching program of Penn State Health and Penn State College of Medicine.
Sep 10, 2020
Lynette Chappell-Williams has been appointed Penn State Health’s first systemwide vice president and chief diversity officer.
Sep 9, 2020
One year after heart transplant surgery, Brandon Seiber, 22, of Enola is back playing basketball. Our heart transplant team boasts the highest one-year survival rate of all transplant centers statewide. Learn how our team helped Brandon.
Sep 8, 2020
Penn State Health’s plans for expansion to support Lancaster County are moving ahead with the development of a new outpatient site and the continued construction of Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center.
