Feel rejuvenated: May specials available for Penn State Health employees at...
Ready for a spring refresh to help your skin look and feel its best? Esteem Penn State Health Cosmetic Associates offers employees a 20% discount on all aesthetic services and products, including:...
View ArticleTwo Penn State College of Medicine graduates honored with Alumni Achievement...
Two recent Penn State College of Medicine graduates are among the honorees of the Penn State Alumni Association’s Alumni Achievement Awards, which were celebrated on April 13. The award recognizes...
View ArticleGrana recognized for Exceptional Moments in Teaching
Dr. Jennifer Grana of the Department of Family and Community Medicine is featured for May in the “Exceptional Moments in Teaching” program. “I had an enriching and fulfilling learning experience...
View ArticleThe Medical Minute: Mammograms and the COVID-19 vaccine
Some women who have gotten vaccinated for COVID-19 have noticed a startling development ― lumps that in the past might have meant cancer. As health care providers stress the need to get back on track...
View ArticleFor extraordinary care in an extraordinary year, thank you, nurses
After an extraordinary – and often exhausting – year of caring for patients with COVID-19, patients afraid of getting COVID-19, patients who couldn’t see family because of COVID-19 restrictions and...
View ArticleDedicated vaccination sites close for Memorial Day weekend, consolidate and...
Penn State Health’s dedicated vaccination sites in Berks, Cumberland and Dauphin counties will be closed Saturday, May 29, through Monday, May 31 for the Memorial Day holiday. Additionally, due to a...
View ArticlePenn State Health updates COVID-19 Special Pay programs
With COVID-19 vaccines now free and available to everyone ages 16 and above, Penn State Health will end one program it launched a year ago to help protect employees during the pandemic and alter...
View ArticlePresident Deborah Berini shares strategic plan for Hershey Medical Center
Dear Faculty and Staff, I am excited to announce that we have received the final approvals needed to launch Hershey Medical Center’s five-year strategic plan on July 1. Every faculty member and...
View Article‘Jacintha’s wall’ pops up overnight to everyone’s delight
By Carolyn Kimmel During the past year, staff and visitors to Penn State Health Pediatric Specialties in the University Physician Center might have felt like they suddenly fell into the pages of E.B....
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“We’ve got this.” Miranda’s story
The pandemic made Miranda Shoemaker anxious. The certified nurse assistant treated it like a never-ending flu season. She didn’t dine out and kept grocery trips to a minimum. She did visit one place...
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Something joyful. Ryan’s story.
Ryan Warner has been teaching her second grade students at Forge Road Elementary in Palmyra in person, full time since last August. Like many, she’s looking forward to the end of a long, very unusual...
View ArticleDepartment of Medicine shares diversity news for May 2021
About the Department of Medicine Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Council The mission of the Department of Medicine’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Council is to be a resource and advocate for all...
View ArticleEl Minuto Médico: Mamografías y la vacuna COVID-19
In English Algunas mujeres que se han vacunado contra el COVID-19 han notado un desarrollo sorprendente – bultos que en el pasado podrían haber significado cáncer. A medida que los proveedores de...
View ArticleFive questions with sexual health researcher Winnie Adebayo
Winnie Adebayo, PhD, an assistant professor of nursing at Penn State College of Nursing, researches how to encourage young people to take the initiative to be tested for sexually transmitted infections...
View ArticleCollege of Medicine Pandemic Response Friday Round-Up – Week of May 3-7
College of Medicine leaders updated faculty, staff and students on May 7 about the ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic: All College of Medicine Updates Continue to follow College guidelines for...
View ArticleEmployees honored for work milestones
Congratulations to the following Penn State Health employees who are celebrating a milestone work anniversary between May 5 and May 11. They put our values into action every day. Employees are...
View ArticlePeople living with HIV more likely to get sick with, die from COVID-19
Over the past year, studies have revealed that certain pre-existing conditions, such as cancer, diabetes and high blood pressure, can increase a person’s risk of dying from COVID-19. New research shows...
View ArticlePenn State PRO Wellness researchers identify school staff concerns in...
Concerns about the feasibility of social distancing, resurgences of COVID-19 and uncertain availability of health supplies were the major concerns school staff had with reopening schools during the...
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2021 Research Recognition Awards honor faculty, staff contributions
Each year, the Office of the Vice Dean for Research and Graduate Studies invites faculty and staff of the College of Medicine and Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center to submit...
View ArticleAsk Us Anything About…Stroke
A stroke is considered a medical emergency. It happens when a blood vessel in the brain bursts or, more commonly, when a blockage happens. Without treatment, cells in the brain can quickly begin to...
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