Pennsylvanians permitted to buy medical marijuana may be more likely to stop taking the medicine because of its cost and the inability to find a consistent supply of the same strain, according to a recent survey by the Pennsylvania Department of Health.

With ongoing production and supply chain shutdowns there due to the coronavirus, now officially named COVID19 by the World Health Organization, any company that has manufacturing facilities in China, or purchases vital components from that part of the world, could be impacted by the disease’s spread.

WellSpan York Hospital will expand its intensive care unit with a $255 million surgical and critical care tower, planned to open on the hospital’s campus in 2025.

Family First Health, a York-based federally qualified health center, is opening its newest facility next week at the WellSpan Dixon Foundation Health Center in Lebanon.

Gary St. Hilaire, Capital BlueCross president and CEO, will be leaving the company to lead a neighboring BlueCross Blue Shield insurer this April.

Pharmaceutical distribution company McKesson Corp. will permanently shut down its Middletown distribution center in April to move operations to a newly opened center in Bethlehem.

A Strasburg Township, Lancaster County-based non-profit clinic will be expanding its pediatric home care services for Plain patients with a new grant from WellSpan Health.

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro is suing San Francisco-based electronic cigarette company JUUL Labs Inc., asking the court to prohibit the company from selling its products in Pennsylvania.

The three area five star-rated hospitals exceeded or met national averages in categories relating to the reduction of 30-day readmission rates and 30-day mortality rates, patient safety and adverse events, and reductions to readmission rates.

Following a year-long study on the impact of location on medical malpractice court cases, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court will be revisiting a rule change proposal that sparked controversy last year in the medical community.

Rite Aid’s newest executive vice president of retail joined the Camp Hill-based pharmacy chain this week.

Our health insurance industry is in need of repair, according to experts, but there are things employers can do to help.

Though the fear of the Coronavirus is sweeping the country, Pennsylvania residents are more likely to catch the common flu, according to the state Department of Health. However, there are precautions that employers should be mindful of, according to experts.

The vice president of the Harrisburg-based Pennsylvania Association of Nurse Anesthetists (PANA) will step down to become the association’s first director of government relations.

The state of Pennsylvania is looking for 10 trauma experts to serve on a volunteer panel that will set guidelines for trauma care.