Health Coalition will create team to review county overdose deaths Alice Yoder, director of community health, Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health, speaks at the Joining Forces spring forum on Thursday, May 12, 2022. (Photo: Tim Stuhldreher) … Read more By Tim Stuhldreher - May 17, 2022
Health County’s first survey of attitudes toward addiction finds significant stigma Berwood Yost, inset, oversees the Center for Opinion Research at Franklin & Marshall College. (Photo: Tim Stuhldreher) At right is a portion of the center’s research … Read more By Tim Stuhldreher - May 17, 2022
Health By the numbers: Report estimates half of Pa.’s Covid-19 deaths were preventable More than 14,000 lives could have been saved in Pennsylvania if all adults had gotten vaccinated against Covid-19, estimates a new study reported by NPR. Nationwide, … Read more By One United Lancaster - May 13, 2022
Health By the numbers: Covid-19 hospitalizations increase here, nationwide Lancaster County has returned to the “substantial” level of Covid-19 transmission, where it was in early March, according to the U.S. for Centers for Disease Control … Read more By Tim Stuhldreher - May 6, 2022
Health LGH opens new eatery as part of ER expansion project (video) Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health leaders showcased Lancaster General Hospital’s new Central Table Eatery on Thursday, a communal hub for patients, visitors and health system employees … Read more By Kyle Gamble - May 6, 2022
Health Planned Parenthood wants to reopen in Lancaster (Source: Planned Parenthood) Planned Parenthood doesn’t have a physical presence in Lancaster County. But that could change in the near future, a spokeswoman said Thursday. The … Read more By Tim Stuhldreher - May 6, 2022
Health By the numbers: Covid-19 numbers creeping upward, hospitalizations still low Lancaster County’s weekly Covid-19 case counts crept up once again this week, reaching a total of 254. That’s up 36% from 187 new cases recorded the … Read more By One United Lancaster - April 29, 2022
Health Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health honors National Donate Life Month (video) A flag marking National Donate Life Month is displayed before being raised at Lancaster General Hospital on Friday, April 22, 2022. Holding the flag’s corners are … Read more By Kyle Gamble - April 22, 2022
Health Philadelphia reimposes its Covid-19 mask mandate (Source: Phila.gov) Prompted by rising Covid-19 case counts, Philadelphia announced Monday that it is reinstating its indoor mask mandate. The change will be enforced starting next … Read more By One United Lancaster - April 11, 2022
Health By the numbers: Covid-19 cases inch upward locally for a 2nd week After reaching a low two weeks ago, Covid-19 cases are ticking back upward in Lancaster County, but hospitalizations dropped this week and the county remains firmly … Read more By One United Lancaster - April 8, 2022
Health By the numbers: Locally, pandemic is pretty much over for now Two years after the COVID-19 pandemic first appeared here, the numbers of deaths, hospitalizations and new cases have plummeted to near-record lows in Lancaster County. A … Read more By Ernie Schreiber - April 4, 2022
Health By the numbers: Covid-19 cases tick up slightly; County discontinues its data dashboard Lancaster County’s Covid-19 cases ticked slightly upward this week, although they remain at low levels, according to the latest state data. There were 97 new Covid-19 … Read more By One United Lancaster - April 1, 2022