Less than a year after it began construction, St. Luke's University Health Network opened a new medical office building in December at a busy intersection at Eighth and Eaton avenues in Bethlehem.

Blue Mountain Health System is now part of St. Luke’s University Health Network.

St. Luke’s University Health Network opened a newly constructed, 32-bed unit today at its Allentown campus on Hamilton Street, which includes a newly designed air filtration system.

St. Luke's University Health Network named a new president to head its Quakertown campus.

Reading Hospital and Acadia Healthcare will build a 144-bed inpatient behavioral health facility on Route 183 in Bern Township beginning early next year.

Caron Treatment Centers opened a $15 million facility today at its South Heidelberg Township headquarters that expands its addiction recovery programs, including treatment for seniors, the fastest-growing segment in the opioid epidemic.

With the acquisition of the Weller Health Education Center, Lehigh Valley Health Network said it has expanded capabilities in improving LVHN’s school-based health services and outreach programs, primarily at its Cedar Crest site in Salisbury Township.

Seven NovaCare Rehabilitation centers have opened across the Greater Lehigh Valley over the past year, part of the King of Prussia-based company’s acquisition of outpatient physical therapy facilities across the country.

Competition between the region’s two largest health care networks is heating up as Lehigh Valley Health Network announced plans to break ground this spring for a new hospital in Tannersville, five miles northwest of St. Luke’s University Health Network’s $90 million hospital and medical campus in Bartonsville that opened in 2016.

The region has a new resource center for veterans courtesy of Lehigh Valley Health Network and The Fleming Foundation.