Dawn Ouellette Nixon, Author at LVB

The arts’ rising economic power; how public art is transforming communities in the Lehigh Valley

Public art is helping drive economic rebirth in cities like Easton and nationwide.

News April 26, 2021

Remote workers face added stress, says Preferred EAP’s Carolyn Lamparella. Here are tools to help.

Loss of social interaction with colleagues and adapting to the constant change of new procedures is contributing to a rise in stress for remote workers. The good news is there are daily habits that can help.

News April 26, 2021

LVHN will hold a drive-thru COVID-19 vaccination event April 29 at Northampton Community College

Lehigh Valley Health Network will hold its next COVID-19 mass vaccination drive-through event in Northampton County at Northampton Community College in Bethlehem Township on Thursday, April 29.

MCS uses solar energy to power new Palmer distribution center

MCS Industries, the Easton-based picture frame manufacturer, has installed a solar power generating system on the rooftop of its new 250,000-square-foot distribution center in Palmer Township.

New St. Luke’s residency program merges athletic training and occupational medicine

As the first resident in St. Luke’s Athletic Training: Prevention and Wellness residency program, Nilvia Vazquez is preparing for a career in creating healthier and safer workplaces.

$320k United Way grant will benefit Reading Hospital’s street medicine program for the homeless

Reading Hospital Foundation received a $320,694 grant from United Way of Berks County that will be used to help Tower Health’s Reading Hospital Street Medicine Program, which provides medical care to the homeless.

The new healers; Respect and acceptance for alternative medicine grows in the Lehigh Valley.

Marisa McFadden helps heal the hurting. An alternative medicine practitioner, she employs a combination of psychic intuition, energy-work and shaman-like exercises at Creative Spirit, her Easton-based therapy practice, to bring forth each client’s fullest human potential.

St. Luke’s new FDA-approved procedure breaks up heart blockages like kidney stones

Dr. Christopher Sarnoski, medical director of the structural heart program at Bethlehem’s Saint Luke’s University Health Network, is breaking up heart artery blockages using a method similar to those used […]

News April 19, 2021

U.S. housing costs rising faster than income; average Pa. price up $60k in 10 years

“Historically low numbers of real estate inventory have greatly contributed to the rise in housing pricing,” said realtor Scott Harrington of Coldwell Banker Heritage Real Estate in Bethlehem.

March Madness betting boosts; Pennsylvania’s sportsbook wagers to more than $560 million

The national college basketball tournament helped Pennsylvania's retail and online sportsbooks take in more than $560 million in wagers in March.

News April 16, 2021

LVHN administers 9,200 vaccines in one day, a record for the health network

Lehigh Valley Health Network vaccinated a one-day high of 9,286 people on April 14. It was the first time the Allentown-based network was administering vaccines at all of its new community clinics.

News April 15, 2021

St. Luke’s opens clinic for COVID long haulers

St. Luke’s announced the opening of their COVID Recovery Clinic at a virtual press conference on April 15. The Clinic, offered network-wide at the Bethlehem-based St. Luke’s University Health Network, is dedicated to the treatment of post-COVID patients with extended symptoms.