More than 1,500 people registered for Saturday’s open house at St. Luke’s Upper Bucks, Bucks County’s newest hospital. The center, expected to open next month, represents a $100 million investment in the county’s northern tier, adding 50 jobs.

Todd Robbins, physical therapist, learned the joys of business ownership on his family’s dairy farm. He remains staunchly independent in the face of take-over offers from larger health networks.

With roughly a million potential patients for medical marijuana uses in the commonwealth and growing, those in the industry are exploring marijuana’s many components for deriving existing “cultivars” or “strains” for product development.

Data from the state’s Opioid Command Center shows that in 2018, roughly 4,400 people died from a drug overdose. This represents a nearly 18 percent decrease in drug overdose deaths from 2017.

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Healthcare-associated infections declined in Pennsylvania, according to the most recent report from The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The 2018 National and State Healthcare-associated Infections Progress Report shows that acute-care hospitals in Pennsylvania achieved reductions for six of seven types of infections tracked, compared to 2015.

Minneapolis-based Vireo Health launched its second Pennsylvania medical marijuana dispensary last week with the opening of Green Goods Bethlehem in Lower Saucon Township.

Adrian Shanker, executive director of the Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center in Allentown, has edited a new anthology of essays by LGBT activists which aims to inform the health care system and LGBT health care consumers on how to give and receive better care.

AmeriHealth Caritas Pennsylvania, a Medical Assistance (Medicaid) managed care plan serving Central and Northwestern Pennsylvania, plans to open a community wellness center in Reading. The center aims to help residents overcome social, economic and environmental barriers to their own health care.

Learn how area hospitals rate for safety. The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit organization focused on improving hospital safety, released their biannual safety ratings of the nation’s hospitals Nov. 7. The majority of area hospitals received A grades, while a few earned B, C, and even D ratings.