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In honor of National Water Safety Month, the YMCA of Greater Brandywine (YGBW) recently partnered with LCH Health and Community Services to offer a bilingual…

Imagine you’re taking a walk downtown on a sunny spring day. Suddenly, you notice a faint smell in the air — the unpleasant scent of…

In 2011, the U.S. Department of Defense and the Environmental Protection Agency confirmed toxic chemicals were in the Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base…

Neumann University is hosting a neurodiversity and autism resource fair, including training for local law enforcement officers, on Saturday, March 16, from 10 AM. to…

February is American Heart Month, and the YMCA of Greater Brandywine (YGBW), Keystone First, and Keystone First Community HealthChoices have partnered to offer the Chester…

Through the pages of his recently released book, “The Nile Swim Club of Yeadon: A History,” West Chester University Professor of History Robert Kodosky calls…

Over the past 20+ years, The Alliance for Health Equity has strived to advance a more equitable, resilient, and healthy community for all residents of…

Chester County Hospital (CCH) has received the American College of Cardiology’s NCDR Chest Pain – MI Registry Gold Performance Achievement Award for 2023. CCH is…

Are you looking for high-paying job openings? You might be in luck, especially if you already live in Pennsylvania. Here are four of the…

Betsy Walls of Lansdowne who served as the director of personal health at the Chester County Health Department for 18 years was honored this week…

Falsettos at Steel River Playhouse tells the story of a large, eccentric and dysfunctional — but loving — Jewish family in New York in the late 1970s…

Elizabeth “Betsy” Walls, RN, the retired Director of Personal Health for the Chester County Health Department whose efforts helped to establish the Public Health Emergency…

George Washington — one of the two honorees on President’s Day — may have suffered dental woes for most of his life, but participants in Harcum…

Safe Harbor of Chester County, the West Chester nonprofit dedicated to solving the fundamental issues that lead to homelessness, has announced a spring event. Its…

The New Normal report, created by Axios in cooperation with Google Trends and the Schema Design firm, reveals how COVID-19 has changed America’s…

According to the Centers for Disease Control, a batch of vials labeled “smallpox” were found in a freezer at a Merck facility in Upper Gwynedd…

Obesity in Pennsylvania rose again in 2020, now encompassing nearly a third of Commonwealth residents. Taylor Allen covered the trend, self-reported by residents, for…

The Child Guidance Resource Centers has decided to make its annual Superhero 5K Run/Walk and Festival once again a virtual event in light of…