The increase in Pennsylvania COVID-19 cases over the past week are the first signs the virus is surging into the fall, according to state Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine.

Gov. Tom Wolf established a number of councils and commissions on Friday that his administration says will help the state address comprehensive reforms in both physical and behavioral health and make health care easier to access for Pennsylvanians.

State officials revealed a new plan that outlines the state’s priorities when it comes to who should be tested for COVID-19 and when.

Jan Bergen, president and CEO of Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health, announced today that she will retire from the Lancaster-based health system in January.

An executive with five years of experience at WellSpan Health will be taking over as the York-based hospital system’s senior vice president for the central region and the president of WellSpan York Hospital.

A bill that would use $500 million in federal COVID-19 relief to help nursing homes, assisted living communities and personal care homes combat the spread of the virus is on Gov. Tom Wolf’s desk awaiting his signature.

Hamilton Health Center plans to begin raising funds for a three-part, $14 million project at its 17th St. headquarters that would provide greater services in and around the city’s South Allison Hill neighborhood.

A new Medicare payment model being tested on three midstate EMS agencies will offer more options for caring with patients covered under Medicare

Pennsylvania’s available services for aging residents are detailed in the state Department of Aging’s new 2020 Benefits and Rights Book.

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.

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.

Five WellSpan Health practices will adopt software that lets patients give secure information to their doctor through their phone.

For the past year, expectant mothers seeing WellSpan Health obstetricians have had the option to reduce their doctor visits through a service offered by a Washington D.C.-based tech company.

Despite an increasing drug death rate and high levels of air pollution, Pennsylvania kept the same ranking for the third year in the row in United Health Foundation’s 2019 America Health Rankings.

Unsolicited phone calls selling health insurance plans during this year’s open enrollment period could be robocalls trying to sell a scam, the state’s insurance commissioner warned Monday.