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Berks County Medical Society to Host Virtual Lunch and Learn

In March 2023, the Berks County Commissioners released a study exploring options for strengthening the local public health infrastructure. The study listed four recommendations:...
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The Friends of Reading Hospital receive AED donation

Reading Hospital has announced the donation of two AEDs that will be part of The Friends of Reading Hospital’s HeartSAFE Berks County AED Loaner...
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59 tristate hospitals unite for “It Doesn’t Kill to Ask” child gun safety campaign

With firearms remaining the leading cause of injury and death in children, the nation’s largest regional collaboration of health systems, representing 59 hospitals in...
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Berks Community Health Center expands Integrated Behavioral Health Program

Berks Community Health Center has shared that the Integrated Behavioral Health team is expanding with the addition of two new behavioral health consultants. Morgan Driggs...
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TowerDIRECT uses ‘Baby Pod’ developed by Racecar Driver to transport tiniest patients

A technology developed by a Formula One racecar driver will now help TowerDIRECT, the system’s non-profit ambulance company, safely transport the tiniest patients in...
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Reading Hospital opens third full-service pharmacy location with free home delivery service

Reading Hospital opened its third full-service pharmacy on Wednesday in Wyomissing. To celebrate the occasion, the organization held a ribbon cutting ceremony Thursday morning...
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Reading Hospital’s H. Christopher Lawson, MD, named Division Chief, Neurosurgery

Reading Hospital has announced that H. Christopher Lawson, MD, has been promoted to the role of Division Chief, Neurosurgery. Dr. Lawson has been with Reading...
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Penn State Berks professor’s research on hypertension has international impact

Hypertension, a condition where blood pressure is persistently increased, is the leading cause of death worldwide, affecting more than 1.4 billion people and accounting...
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Department of Health Alerts Pennsylvanians about possible lead exposure in children’s craft buttons

The Pennsylvania Department of Health is alerting parents and caregivers about the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s recall of Creativity Street Assorted Craft Buttons that...
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When it comes to breast cancer ‘Find it early. Fight it hard.’ is Tower Health’s motto

In December of 2020, at the age of 37, Elizabeth Keller, LSW, OSW-C, a Social Worker at McGlinn Cancer Institute at Reading Hospital was...
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