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KHN Phil Gaimon, a competitive bicyclist, at his home in Woodland Hills, California. Gaimon competed in a Pennsylvania race that could have landed him in the Tokyo Olympics but instead landed him in the hospital. A bicyclist competed in a race that could have landed him in the Olympics. Instead, he suffered the worst injuries in the 10 years he had raced on pro road teams. And then the bills came. It was a race in Pennsylvania that could have sent cyclist Phil Gaimon to the Tokyo Olympics; instead, a serious crash landed the Californian in two hospitals on the East Coast.

An inspection found that staff at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest staff failed to properly observe a patient and nearly let them strangle herself with a pillowcase in a hospital bathroom.

Black, Asian and Latinx people in the Lehigh Valley and across Pennsylvania are less likely to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 than white and non-Latinx people as of mid-April, data from the Pennsylvania Department of Health shows.

Lehigh Valley vaccine providers get creative as COVID vaccine appointment demand slows Updated 9:24 AM; Facebook Share For months, the Allentown Health Bureau’s call list for leftover COVID-19 vaccines was filled with people praying they’d get a call about a last-minute extra dose. These folks were so desperate to get a scarce, life-saving vaccine, nearly a year into the pandemic, they’d drop everything and book it to the Allentown Fairgrounds with zero notice. There’s no one left on the call list almost two weeks after Pennsylvania opened up vaccine appointments to anyone 16 or olde...

Due to the severe thunderstorms expected on Wednesday, Lehigh Valley Health Network has rescheduled its COVID-19 vaccine clinic at Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom to Friday.