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
Health Biden unveils Covid.gov, pushes for more funding President Joe Biden receives his second Covid-19 vaccine booster shot on Wednesday, March 30, 2022. (Source: Whitehouse.gov) The Biden administration rolled out a new website Wednesday, … Read more By Tim Stuhldreher - March 30, 2022
Health FDA authorizes 2nd Covid-19 vaccine booster for ages 50+ A patient receives a Covid-19 vaccine injection at the NCS/South Asian Association of Lancaster’s clinic at the Wyndham Resort & Convention Center in February 2021. (Source: … Read more By One United Lancaster - March 29, 2022
Health Dr. Ripchinski appointed to Pa. Board of Medicine Dr. Michael Ripchinski (Source: LG Health) Dr. Michael Ripchinski, chief clinical officer of Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health, has been appointed to serve on the state … Read more By One United Lancaster - March 28, 2022
Health Allocations announced for Lancaster County’s health workforce support payments Lancaster General Hospital Lancaster County health care organizations will receive a little under $6.6 million of the $225 million in pandemic relief funds that Pennsylvania is … Read more By Tim Stuhldreher - March 25, 2022
Health County Health Advisory Council gets under way Lancaster County Government Center, 150 N. Queen St. (Photo: Tim Stuhldreher) Lancaster County’s Health Advisory Council is up and running. The volunteers who make up the … Read more By Tim Stuhldreher - March 22, 2022
Health Covid-19 after 2 years: A Q&A with Central PA Food Bank’s Joe Arthur Food Boxes are packed at the Central PA Food Bank’s headquarters in Harrisburg. (Source: Central PA Food Bank) Early in the pandemic, in spring 2020, food … Read more By Tim Stuhldreher - March 21, 2022
Health Covid-19 after 2 years: A conversation with Union Community Care’s Dr. Anne-Marie Derrico Dr. Anne-Marie Derrico, Chief Medical Officer, Union Community Care, speaks at the “Day of Healing” at Longs Park on Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021. (Photo: Tim Stuhldreher) … Read more By Kylie Stoltzfus - March 18, 2022