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St. Luke’s touts life-saving outpatient treatment for COVID, and there’s ‘plenty’ for those eligible Updated Feb 25, 2021; Facebook Share Rebecca Tyson, of Whitehall Township, was diagnosed with COVID-19 in early January, with mild symptoms initially that worsened into a severe headache, body aches and muscle fatigue that felt like she had weights tied to her arms and legs. “I had some breathing issues where I felt like I was almost breathing in moist air,” she said. Through her ph...

Lehigh Valley Health Network’s Allentown Campus, Geisinger Wyoming Valley in Wilkes-Barre, Wilkes Barre General Hospital, and St. Luke’s Sacred Heart in Allentown, as well as their Anderson campus in Easton and their Bethlehem campus, are set to receive the vaccine, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. “This is a pivotal moment in our fight against COVID,” Jeffrey Jahre, MD, infectious disease expert and St. Luke’s Senior Vice President of Medical and Academic Affairs, ...

Pa. hospitals to begin COVID-19 vaccines this week; health care professionals go first December 14, 2020 11:30 am St. Luke’s University Health Network in Bethlehem said it will be among the initial group of hospitals in Pennsylvania to receive the COVID-19 vaccine in Phase 1a of the national effort to get out the vaccine. Dr. Jeffrey Jahre, infectious disease expert and St. Luke’s senior vice president of medical and academic affairs, said the health network is prepared to receive its fi...