Health News
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Help With Medical Bills Difficult to Access Despite Hospital Charity Rules, Study Finds
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Hospitals and health systems largely decide how their charity care programs work and who qualifies, which can limit access to this help. A researcher says there’s no “rhyme or reason” to the policies.
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CVIM Launches Dental Campaign
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Centre Volunteers in Medicine has launched its annual campaign to expand and enhance dental programs for uninsured individuals who live or work in Centre County. “Oral health is a critical part of overall well-being,” Paula Williams, CVIM executive director, said in a statement. “By offering free dental care and education, we’re helping individuals take charge…
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Debt From Childbirth, Other Medical Care Would Be Relieved Under New Bill
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Some new Pennsylvania parents pay thousands of dollars out of pocket for pregnancy and childbirth care. When they can’t afford these costs, the resulting debt affects their finances and health.
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Geisinger Bellefonte to Open Urgent Care Clinic
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Geisinger’s new Bellefonte facility is ready to add walk-in care to its services. The ConvenientCare walk-in clinic at Geisinger Bellefonte, 226 Buckaroo Lane, will open on Monday, March 10. The clinic, which will be open every day except major holidays, will have six exam rooms staffed by three advanced practitioners for treatment of urgent, non-life-threatening…
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Nursing Parents Would Gain Right to Pump in Public Under Proposal to Expand Breastfeeding Law
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A caucus in the Pennsylvania House focused on maternal health has introduced bills that would protect the right to public pumping and mandate a state agency study access to care.
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Chickenpox Outbreak Reported on Penn State Campus
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Penn State has reported a chickenpox outbreak on the University Park campus, with three recent cases of the viral illness confirmed by University Health Services. Students and staff who were in Mifflin Hall in the Pollock Halls residence complex between Feb. 17 and Feb. 24 or in the Thomas Building on Feb. 20 between 1…
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The Children Left Behind by Free Lunch Programs, and the Proposed $250M Solution
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Hunger affects students’ grades and health, but thousands of Pennsylvania kids fall just outside the income threshold for even reduced lunch. Advocates say free lunch for all is the solution.
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‘A Home for Hope.’ THON Weekend Underway at Bryce Jordan Center
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Suzanne Graney knows as well as anyone the impact Penn State’s THON has had over its five decades of working to conquer pediatric cancer. As executive director of Four Diamonds at Penn State Health Children’s hospital, the sole beneficiary of the student-run philanthropy since 1977, for the past the 13 years, Graney has heard countless…
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Penn State Trustees Approve Ground Lease of Land at Innovation Park for Rehabilitation Hospital
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Updated 4:50 p.m. on Feb. 21 to reflect approval by the full Penn State Board of Trustees. An approximately 5-acre parcel at Penn State’s Innovation Park will be leased to a developer for construction of an acute care rehabilitation hospital. The Penn State Board of Trustees Committee on Finance and Investment on Thursday morning recommended…
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Strawberry Fields Affiliates With Behavioral Health Care Provider Devereux
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Strawberry Fields Inc. in State College has joined Pennsylvania-based Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health as an affiliate in a move both nonprofits said on Wednesday will strengthen services for individuals with with intellectual and developmental disabilities, autism and mental health challenges in Centre County. As an affiliate, Strawberry Fields will remain an independent legal entity and…