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Sandy Zeng performs a Chinese fan dance, her outstretched arm holding a flourishing fan.

Student-led 'Multicultural Mayhem' celebrates heritage, community and belonging

September 04, 2025

Medical student David Millar stands at a rocky mountain outcropping, gazing at the valley below.

Medical student runs 62-mile race to raise awareness for addiction recovery

September 04, 2025

Research scientist preparing experiment in lab

Antibody-making cells reveal new function in response to flu infection

September 03, 2025

A person sits in their living room on a couch, with a blanket wrapped around them

The Medical Minute: Lesser-known symptoms of menopause

September 03, 2025

Penn State CTSI announces fall research methods seminars

September 02, 2025

Close up image of cannabis plant

Q&A: What would reclassifying marijuana mean for medical research?

August 26, 2025

A woman patient smiles as she sits in a chair in a doctor’s exam room, while a nurse in scrubs puts a blood pressure cuff in a basket on the wall.

A beacon of hope and healing serves Harrisburg's Uptown neighborhood

August 25, 2025

A young boy wearing glasses, a gray T-shirt and blue shorts stands smiling and flexing his arms alongside a man dressed in a Superman costume with a red cape, who is kneeling and flexing his muscles.

Superheroes deliver smiles at Penn State Health Children’s Hospital

August 19, 2025

Child Maltreatment Solutions Network Conference 2025 poster

Conference to focus on improving child welfare

August 18, 2025

A boy wearing a backpack anxiously looks up at an adult as he holds her hand.

The Medical Minute: Helping kids tackle back-to-school anxiety

August 14, 2025

A medical team in full surgical attire, including masks, gowns, gloves, and protective eyewear, perform a procedure in a high-tech operating room.

Penn State Health hospitals awarded for quality stroke and cardiovascular care

August 13, 2025

A healthcare professional in blue scrubs examines a brain scan on a digital tablet using a stylus.

Hershey Medical Center joins surgical stroke initiative targeting brain bleeds

August 11, 2025

Mom and girl touch foreheads as girl gets ready for school. Girl is wearing a school uniform and backpack.

The Medical Minute: Parents, add these health tips to back-to-school to-do lists

August 06, 2025

A community health nurse at Penn State Health smiles at a man as she checks his blood pressure. She is wearing a T-shirt and has a stethoscope around her neck. He is wearing a shirt with a leaf print on it.

Turning corner stores into health hubs

August 06, 2025

Community voices lead the way: CTSI’s Research Day focuses on rural health needs

August 05, 2025

Approximately 20 people stand on a brick patio, surrounding a stone memorial, at a ceremony.

Donor Remembrance Ceremony honors organ and tissue donors and their families

August 05, 2025

Several students – and the Penn State Nittany Lion – hold up numbers that spell out $6,413,950.26.

Four Diamonds Mini-THON tops $77 million raised since its beginning

August 01, 2025

Mature couple walks together in nature on sunny day.

The Medical Minute: The outdoors is calling -- head outside to reduce stroke risk

July 30, 2025

Medical professionals in full surgical attire perform a procedure in an operating room. One holds a surgical drill while another works on a patient's leg.

Penn State Health hospitals, specialties ranked among nation's best by US News

July 29, 2025

The Nittany Lion mascot

Sending a 'We Are!' to these Penn Staters — July 28

July 28, 2025

An older woman suffering from leg pain holds her ankle at home.

The Medical Minute: Top tips for managing chronic venous insufficiency

July 24, 2025

A nurse stands at a computer, looking to the side as she speaks with a patient. They are in a hospital emergency room treatment bay.

Hampden Medical Center earns Emergency Nurses Association's 2025 Lantern Award

July 23, 2025

Two professional portraits

$2.6M NIH grant to fund new microbiome sciences training program at Penn State

July 22, 2025

Students in a classroom on laptops.

New grant supports postsecondary outcomes for youth in foster care

July 10, 2025

Head of Nittany Lion Shrine

Four selected for inaugural Next-Gen Innovators Fellowship at Penn State

July 07, 2025

Two men wearing Walk With a Doc T-shirts smile as they walk at City Park in Reading. Behind them, three other people walk along the path.

Walk this way: Penn State Health’s prescription for movement and connection

June 30, 2025

Sushrutha Sridhar, left, talks to Stephanie Estes of Penn State Health Obstetrics and Gynecology in a doctor’s office. Sridhar is wearing a flowered dress, and Estes is wearing a white lab coat. An ultrasound image of a uterus is shown on a screen between them.

The Medical Minute: Irregular periods, weight gain, facial hair? It could be PCOS

June 25, 2025

Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center is lit up in red and white lights as an orchestra plays on a lit stage in front of the building's signature Crescent. A crowd of a couple thousand people looks on.

Penn State Health and College of Medicine to host Independence Day celebration

June 25, 2025

A middle-aged woman hikes in the mountains. She is walking on top of a mountain ridge, holding hiking poles, smiling and looking down.

The Medical Minute: Top 7 tips for safe outdoor exercise

June 18, 2025

A man and a woman stand side-by-side talking in a community garden. The woman is holding a container with several potted plants. Both individuals are smiling.

Penn State Health sets priorities for continued work to advance health equity

June 17, 2025

‘Smart’ vending aims to improve community health with NIH grant

June 17, 2025

Stone sign that says The Pennsylvania State University

Eight Penn State research commercialization projects awarded GAP funding

June 13, 2025

The Medical Minute: Prostate cancer screening can be a lifesaver

June 12, 2025

The CSUA annual conference poster winners pose for a photo.

Annual substance use conference examines psychiatric and opioid use disorders

June 12, 2025

Photos of Angela Sonon and Valerie Ritter are superimposed over an external photo of Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center.

Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center appoints Sonon, Ritter to executive roles

June 12, 2025

A police officer, three colleagues and a dog stand next to tables and collection boxes in front of a medical practice.

Spring Drug Take-Back Day collects more than 600 pounds of medications

June 11, 2025

A man wearing a white t-shirt, white baseball cap, and face mask sits in a wheelchair and waves while holding a phone in his lap. He is surrounded by smiling hospital staff wearing scrubs and holding blue and green pom-poms.

Milton S. Hershey Medical Center performs 600th heart transplant

June 10, 2025

A group of excited children and adults celebrate on stage as blue and yellow balloons fall around them. Two WGAL 8 news anchors, one holding a baby, cheer in front of a large screen displaying a fundraising total of $343,054.00.

2025 Children’s Miracle Network Telethon raises $343,954

June 06, 2025

Three people in full surgical attire perform a complex procedure in an operating room. The central surgeon, wearing magnifying surgical loupes and a headlamp, focuses intently on the patient, whose body is draped in sterile coverings.

Hershey Medical Center earns top ratings from Society of Thoracic Surgeons

June 05, 2025

Portrait of a person

Huck Chair in Nanomedicine plans to take research from bench to bedside

June 04, 2025

A large group photo of the Penn State football team, all wearing navy blue jerseys, posing with children and staff in a brightly lit hospital lobby.

Penn State football team brings smiles during Children’s Hospital visit

May 29, 2025

A Nittany Lion statue sits atop a table draped with a “Penn State Health” tablecloth.

Penn State Health posts strong third quarter and year-to-date financial results

May 29, 2025

41st Children’s Miracle Network Telethon to air on WGAL8

May 28, 2025

Two women sit at a table looking at a plate of food. A diabetes booklet is on the left. The woman on the left is wearing a knit top, glasses and a name badge. The woman on the right is wearing a long-sleeved top and is holding a cherry tomato.

The Medical Minute: The ABCs of diabetes

May 28, 2025

Michael Kupferman poses for a photo wearing a suit and tie. The Penn State Nittany Lion shield is in the background slightly out of focus.

Kupferman named Penn State Health CEO

May 28, 2025

Composite image showing the exterior of Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center with a Penn State Health banner on the left. Overlaid are professional portraits of Sean Mahase, MD, and Alireza Mansouri, MD.

Mahase and Mansouri receive medical society's 'Top Physicians Under 40' award

May 21, 2025

The Medical Minute: Leaky bladder? Why it happens (and what you can do about it)

May 14, 2025

A team of medical professionals in full surgical attire, including masks, gowns, and protective eyewear, performs a minimally invasive procedure in a hospital operating room.

Penn State Health offers first minimally invasive 'leaky valve' fix in region

May 08, 2025

A woman rubs her head as she sits up in bed.

The Medical Minute: Stroke, the women’s condition no one talks about

May 07, 2025

An external image of the front of Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center.

Level II NICU planned for Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center

May 07, 2025

Four men pose for a photo at the edge of a wooded area. Three of them hold guns pointed at the ground.

Sporting clays event raises $87,000 for Penn State Health Children’s Hospital

May 01, 2025

A nurse uses a stethoscope as she tends to a young patient in a hospital bed. The nurse also has a phone and a nametag clipped to her shirt. An IV pole and wooden cabinets are in the background.

Penn State Health hospitals recognized in latest Leapfrog report on patient safety

May 01, 2025

Alison Chetlen, left, touches a patient’s arm as she positions her in front of a mammography machine. Chetlen is wearing a white coat with her name and “Radiology” on the upper-right.

The Medical Minute: What does it mean to have dense breasts?

April 30, 2025

The Schreyer Medical Team outside of Penn State College of Medicine

‘Day In The Life Of a Medical Student’ helps scholars understand medical school

April 28, 2025

Portrait of three smiling women of different ages

The Medical Minute: Keep your bones strong during menopause and beyond

April 23, 2025

A woman stands at a podium, giving a speech and accepting an award.

College of Medicine's Global Health Exchange Program honored by Penn State Global

April 21, 2025

A graphic rendering of a TAMBE device – a stent graft with branches – in place within a patient’s blood vessels.

Penn State Health offers new procedure to repair complex aortic aneurysms

April 21, 2025

smiling woman outside in park

Can hormone therapy improve heart health in menopausal women?

April 21, 2025

MacDonald named vice president, chief medical officer of Lancaster Medical Center

April 17, 2025

Two women and two men smile as they pose for a photo outdoors on the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center campus. The man in the middle is holding a sign that reads 27-7/12. The man on the right is holding a service dog’s collar.

The Medical Minute: Your organ donation questions answered

April 17, 2025

College of Medicine graduate honored with Alumni Achievement Award

April 16, 2025

A group of physicians and physician assistants, wearing professional attire, stand and sit in a group photo.

Harrisburg Gastroenterology expands to Hampden, Holy Spirit medical centers

April 15, 2025

Head shots of 2025 award winners

2025 University Libraries Awards recognize outstanding employee contributions

April 14, 2025

Nittany Lion Shrine

17 academic unit leads complete 2025 Excellence in Academic Leadership program

April 11, 2025

A group of people pose with a “Donate Life” flag. A hospital building with windows is in the background.

Flag-raising at Hershey Medical Center honors lifesaving gift of organ donation

April 11, 2025

Professional headshots of Betsy Thomas and Thomas Samson are superimposed over an image of a Nittany Lion statue surrounded by flowers in front of a windowed building.

Thomas and Samson named to lead perioperative services for Penn State Health

April 09, 2025

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Sandy Zeng performs a Chinese fan dance, her outstretched arm holding a flourishing fan.

Student-led 'Multicultural Mayhem' celebrates heritage, community and belonging

September 04, 2025

Medical student David Millar stands at a rocky mountain outcropping, gazing at the valley below.

Medical student runs 62-mile race to raise awareness for addiction recovery

September 04, 2025

Research scientist preparing experiment in lab

Antibody-making cells reveal new function in response to flu infection

September 03, 2025

A person sits in their living room on a couch, with a blanket wrapped around them

The Medical Minute: Lesser-known symptoms of menopause

September 03, 2025

Penn State CTSI announces fall research methods seminars

September 02, 2025

Close up image of cannabis plant

Q&A: What would reclassifying marijuana mean for medical research?

August 26, 2025

A woman patient smiles as she sits in a chair in a doctor’s exam room, while a nurse in scrubs puts a blood pressure cuff in a basket on the wall.

A beacon of hope and healing serves Harrisburg's Uptown neighborhood

August 25, 2025

A young boy wearing glasses, a gray T-shirt and blue shorts stands smiling and flexing his arms alongside a man dressed in a Superman costume with a red cape, who is kneeling and flexing his muscles.

Superheroes deliver smiles at Penn State Health Children’s Hospital

August 19, 2025

Child Maltreatment Solutions Network Conference 2025 poster

Conference to focus on improving child welfare

August 18, 2025

A boy wearing a backpack anxiously looks up at an adult as he holds her hand.

The Medical Minute: Helping kids tackle back-to-school anxiety

August 14, 2025

A medical team in full surgical attire, including masks, gowns, gloves, and protective eyewear, perform a procedure in a high-tech operating room.

Penn State Health hospitals awarded for quality stroke and cardiovascular care

August 13, 2025

A healthcare professional in blue scrubs examines a brain scan on a digital tablet using a stylus.

Hershey Medical Center joins surgical stroke initiative targeting brain bleeds

August 11, 2025

Mom and girl touch foreheads as girl gets ready for school. Girl is wearing a school uniform and backpack.

The Medical Minute: Parents, add these health tips to back-to-school to-do lists

August 06, 2025

A community health nurse at Penn State Health smiles at a man as she checks his blood pressure. She is wearing a T-shirt and has a stethoscope around her neck. He is wearing a shirt with a leaf print on it.

Turning corner stores into health hubs

August 06, 2025

Community voices lead the way: CTSI’s Research Day focuses on rural health needs

August 05, 2025

Approximately 20 people stand on a brick patio, surrounding a stone memorial, at a ceremony.

Donor Remembrance Ceremony honors organ and tissue donors and their families

August 05, 2025

Several students – and the Penn State Nittany Lion – hold up numbers that spell out $6,413,950.26.

Four Diamonds Mini-THON tops $77 million raised since its beginning

August 01, 2025

Mature couple walks together in nature on sunny day.

The Medical Minute: The outdoors is calling -- head outside to reduce stroke risk

July 30, 2025

Medical professionals in full surgical attire perform a procedure in an operating room. One holds a surgical drill while another works on a patient's leg.

Penn State Health hospitals, specialties ranked among nation's best by US News

July 29, 2025

The Nittany Lion mascot

Sending a 'We Are!' to these Penn Staters — July 28

July 28, 2025

An older woman suffering from leg pain holds her ankle at home.

The Medical Minute: Top tips for managing chronic venous insufficiency

July 24, 2025

A nurse stands at a computer, looking to the side as she speaks with a patient. They are in a hospital emergency room treatment bay.

Hampden Medical Center earns Emergency Nurses Association's 2025 Lantern Award

July 23, 2025

Two professional portraits

$2.6M NIH grant to fund new microbiome sciences training program at Penn State

July 22, 2025

Students in a classroom on laptops.

New grant supports postsecondary outcomes for youth in foster care

July 10, 2025

Head of Nittany Lion Shrine

Four selected for inaugural Next-Gen Innovators Fellowship at Penn State

July 07, 2025

Two men wearing Walk With a Doc T-shirts smile as they walk at City Park in Reading. Behind them, three other people walk along the path.

Walk this way: Penn State Health’s prescription for movement and connection

June 30, 2025

Sushrutha Sridhar, left, talks to Stephanie Estes of Penn State Health Obstetrics and Gynecology in a doctor’s office. Sridhar is wearing a flowered dress, and Estes is wearing a white lab coat. An ultrasound image of a uterus is shown on a screen between them.

The Medical Minute: Irregular periods, weight gain, facial hair? It could be PCOS

June 25, 2025

Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center is lit up in red and white lights as an orchestra plays on a lit stage in front of the building's signature Crescent. A crowd of a couple thousand people looks on.

Penn State Health and College of Medicine to host Independence Day celebration

June 25, 2025

A middle-aged woman hikes in the mountains. She is walking on top of a mountain ridge, holding hiking poles, smiling and looking down.

The Medical Minute: Top 7 tips for safe outdoor exercise

June 18, 2025

A man and a woman stand side-by-side talking in a community garden. The woman is holding a container with several potted plants. Both individuals are smiling.

Penn State Health sets priorities for continued work to advance health equity

June 17, 2025

‘Smart’ vending aims to improve community health with NIH grant

June 17, 2025

Stone sign that says The Pennsylvania State University

Eight Penn State research commercialization projects awarded GAP funding

June 13, 2025

The Medical Minute: Prostate cancer screening can be a lifesaver

June 12, 2025

The CSUA annual conference poster winners pose for a photo.

Annual substance use conference examines psychiatric and opioid use disorders

June 12, 2025

Photos of Angela Sonon and Valerie Ritter are superimposed over an external photo of Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center.

Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center appoints Sonon, Ritter to executive roles

June 12, 2025

A police officer, three colleagues and a dog stand next to tables and collection boxes in front of a medical practice.

Spring Drug Take-Back Day collects more than 600 pounds of medications

June 11, 2025

A man wearing a white t-shirt, white baseball cap, and face mask sits in a wheelchair and waves while holding a phone in his lap. He is surrounded by smiling hospital staff wearing scrubs and holding blue and green pom-poms.

Milton S. Hershey Medical Center performs 600th heart transplant

June 10, 2025

A group of excited children and adults celebrate on stage as blue and yellow balloons fall around them. Two WGAL 8 news anchors, one holding a baby, cheer in front of a large screen displaying a fundraising total of $343,054.00.

2025 Children’s Miracle Network Telethon raises $343,954

June 06, 2025

Three people in full surgical attire perform a complex procedure in an operating room. The central surgeon, wearing magnifying surgical loupes and a headlamp, focuses intently on the patient, whose body is draped in sterile coverings.

Hershey Medical Center earns top ratings from Society of Thoracic Surgeons

June 05, 2025

Portrait of a person

Huck Chair in Nanomedicine plans to take research from bench to bedside

June 04, 2025

A large group photo of the Penn State football team, all wearing navy blue jerseys, posing with children and staff in a brightly lit hospital lobby.

Penn State football team brings smiles during Children’s Hospital visit

May 29, 2025

A Nittany Lion statue sits atop a table draped with a “Penn State Health” tablecloth.

Penn State Health posts strong third quarter and year-to-date financial results

May 29, 2025

41st Children’s Miracle Network Telethon to air on WGAL8

May 28, 2025

Two women sit at a table looking at a plate of food. A diabetes booklet is on the left. The woman on the left is wearing a knit top, glasses and a name badge. The woman on the right is wearing a long-sleeved top and is holding a cherry tomato.

The Medical Minute: The ABCs of diabetes

May 28, 2025

Michael Kupferman poses for a photo wearing a suit and tie. The Penn State Nittany Lion shield is in the background slightly out of focus.

Kupferman named Penn State Health CEO

May 28, 2025

Composite image showing the exterior of Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center with a Penn State Health banner on the left. Overlaid are professional portraits of Sean Mahase, MD, and Alireza Mansouri, MD.

Mahase and Mansouri receive medical society's 'Top Physicians Under 40' award

May 21, 2025

The Medical Minute: Leaky bladder? Why it happens (and what you can do about it)

May 14, 2025

A team of medical professionals in full surgical attire, including masks, gowns, and protective eyewear, performs a minimally invasive procedure in a hospital operating room.

Penn State Health offers first minimally invasive 'leaky valve' fix in region

May 08, 2025

A woman rubs her head as she sits up in bed.

The Medical Minute: Stroke, the women’s condition no one talks about

May 07, 2025

An external image of the front of Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center.

Level II NICU planned for Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center

May 07, 2025

Four men pose for a photo at the edge of a wooded area. Three of them hold guns pointed at the ground.

Sporting clays event raises $87,000 for Penn State Health Children’s Hospital

May 01, 2025

A nurse uses a stethoscope as she tends to a young patient in a hospital bed. The nurse also has a phone and a nametag clipped to her shirt. An IV pole and wooden cabinets are in the background.

Penn State Health hospitals recognized in latest Leapfrog report on patient safety

May 01, 2025

Alison Chetlen, left, touches a patient’s arm as she positions her in front of a mammography machine. Chetlen is wearing a white coat with her name and “Radiology” on the upper-right.

The Medical Minute: What does it mean to have dense breasts?

April 30, 2025

The Schreyer Medical Team outside of Penn State College of Medicine

‘Day In The Life Of a Medical Student’ helps scholars understand medical school

April 28, 2025

Portrait of three smiling women of different ages

The Medical Minute: Keep your bones strong during menopause and beyond

April 23, 2025

A woman stands at a podium, giving a speech and accepting an award.

College of Medicine's Global Health Exchange Program honored by Penn State Global

April 21, 2025

A graphic rendering of a TAMBE device – a stent graft with branches – in place within a patient’s blood vessels.

Penn State Health offers new procedure to repair complex aortic aneurysms

April 21, 2025

smiling woman outside in park

Can hormone therapy improve heart health in menopausal women?

April 21, 2025

MacDonald named vice president, chief medical officer of Lancaster Medical Center

April 17, 2025

Two women and two men smile as they pose for a photo outdoors on the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center campus. The man in the middle is holding a sign that reads 27-7/12. The man on the right is holding a service dog’s collar.

The Medical Minute: Your organ donation questions answered

April 17, 2025

College of Medicine graduate honored with Alumni Achievement Award

April 16, 2025

A group of physicians and physician assistants, wearing professional attire, stand and sit in a group photo.

Harrisburg Gastroenterology expands to Hampden, Holy Spirit medical centers

April 15, 2025

Head shots of 2025 award winners

2025 University Libraries Awards recognize outstanding employee contributions

April 14, 2025

Nittany Lion Shrine

17 academic unit leads complete 2025 Excellence in Academic Leadership program

April 11, 2025

A group of people pose with a “Donate Life” flag. A hospital building with windows is in the background.

Flag-raising at Hershey Medical Center honors lifesaving gift of organ donation

April 11, 2025

Professional headshots of Betsy Thomas and Thomas Samson are superimposed over an image of a Nittany Lion statue surrounded by flowers in front of a windowed building.

Thomas and Samson named to lead perioperative services for Penn State Health

April 09, 2025

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