Winter storm affects some operations
Due to inclement weather, Penn State Health has modified some operations. A detailed list of clinical locations that have either modified their hours or closed can be found here.
View ArticlePenn State Health reactivates vaccine mandate following Supreme Court...
Following the Jan. 13 U.S. Supreme Court decision, Penn State Health is once again requiring all employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or receive a medical or religious accommodation. The new...
View ArticleCollege of Medicine Pandemic Response for Jan. 14
This Week’s Updates: Cloth Masks No Longer Allowed on Campus Level 1 face masks – 3-ply procedure masks with ear loops – are required for all employees and students while indoors on campus, even those...
View ArticlePenn State College of Medicine recognizes Swanson for exceptional teaching
Dr. Benjamin Swanson, a psychiatry resident at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, was recognized in January 2022 as part of the Exceptional Moments in Teaching program of Penn State...
View ArticlePenn State Health, Association of Faculty and Friends’ Lion’s Share raise...
Penn State Health and the Association of Faculty and Friend’s Lion’s Share collected $4,444.80 and 756 pounds of food for the Lion’s Pantry and the Penn State College of Medicine’s Department of Family...
View ArticleWeight loss before infertility treatment may not increase healthy births for...
Health care professionals often encourage women with obesity to lose weight prior to trying to conceive or start infertility treatments. But a new nationwide study led by Penn State College of Medicine...
View ArticlePenn State Health participates in new Emergency Medical Services website to...
Penn State Health began using a new website, PA Medic, to provide the real-time status of its emergency departments to Emergency Medical Services (EMS) field crews, effective Jan. 18. Developed by the...
View ArticleLevine leads Office for Professional Mental Health
Dr. Martha Peaslee Levine, associate professor of pediatrics, psychiatry and humanities, has been named director of the Office for Professional Mental Health at Penn State College of Medicine,...
View ArticleThe Medical Minute: Doing for others lifts your mood—and improves your health
In the early days of the pandemic, Dr. Angel Schuster kept herself mostly isolated from friends and family. Although the situation has improved, the continued spread of COVID-19 means her long shifts...
View ArticleWinter storm affects some operations
Due to inclement weather, Penn State Health has modified some operations. A detailed list of clinical locations that have either modified their hours or closed can be found here.
View ArticlePenn State Health becomes part owner in Surgery Center of Lancaster
The move is part of a joint venture between the health system and ValueHealth Penn State Health has become a part owner in the Surgery Center of Lancaster. The move represents the first project of a...
View ArticlePenn State Health to host new high-volume COVID-19 testing site
Site to be located on the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center campus Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center will host a high-volume and high-throughput COVID-19 testing site. The site, which...
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Dillon, Addo: Recruitment and retention bonuses initiated to help address...
Deborah Addo, executive vice president and chief operating officer at Penn State Health, and Dr. Peter Dillon, executive vice president and chief clinical officer, emailed employees across the health...
View ArticleHershey Medical Center, College of Medicine designate safe break space
Leadership at Hershey Medical Center and the College of Medicine are working to provide employees with safe spaces to take breaks and minimize the spread of COVID-19. Due to the highly contagious...
View ArticleResearchers to study how drug can be repurposed to assess nerve injuries
Researchers at Penn State College of Medicine and Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center are leading a clinical trial to evaluate whether the drug 4-aminopyridine (4AP), which is already...
View ArticleCollege of Medicine Pandemic Response for Jan. 21
This Week’s Updates: Deadline for First Vaccine Dose is Jan. 27 The Supreme Court has upheld the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) rule requiring health care workers to be...
View ArticlePenn State Health albergará un nuevo sitio de pruebas de COVID-19 de alto...
In English SITIO SE UBICARÁ EN EL CAMPUS DEL CENTRO MÉDICO MILTON S. HERSHEY Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center albergará un sitio de pruebas de COVID-19 de alto volumen y alto...
View ArticleMilitary/veteran BERGs expanding, open for membership
They served their country. Now employers like Penn State Health are helping veterans serve their communities. In 2017, the health system established its first military veteran business and employee...
View ArticleThe Medical Minute: What parents need to know about kids and COVID-19
Already weary from two years of navigating parenthood during a pandemic, parents are facing a new stress: What to think about surging numbers of kids diagnosed and hospitalized with COVID-19....
View ArticleFourth four-legged employee to join Penn State Health’s facility dog program
Newest addition to be full-time presence at two pediatric outpatient clinics Young patients at two of Penn State Health’s busy outpatient clinics will benefit from canine companionship thanks to an...
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