Leif Greiss
Health Care Reporter at The Morning Call
Health care reporter for @mcall. Wife guy. Formerly with @HeraldCourier | @TribLive | @DailyCollegian. Tips to: (610) 679-4028 or [email protected]
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4 days ago |
thereporteronline.com | Leif Greiss
Most of eastern Pa. is under an extreme heat warning. Know the signs of heat illness
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4 days ago |
mcall.com | Leif Greiss
After weeks of relatively cool and rainy weather occasionally punctuated by a stray warm, sunny day, extreme summer heat has descended on eastern Pennsylvania. Much of the region is under an extreme heat warning with temperatures near 100 degrees through Wednesday. The National Weather Service expects that high temperatures and humidity will cause a rise in heat-related illnesses. Though daily temperatures last week started in the 60s they rose up to 90 degrees on Sunday.
A Lehigh Valley doctor helped draft new rules for blood transfusions in the field. It’s saving lives
5 days ago |
mcall.com | Leif Greiss
In March, Dr. Ashley Woodrow faced a trying situation — a patient in a remote area of Mount Bethel Township was bleeding out badly and had gone into hemorrhagic shock. “This happened to be one of those cases where we’re out in the middle of nowhere with a 30-minute transport time to the hospital. This patient was very, very ill,” Woodrow said.
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2 weeks ago |
mcall.com | Leif Greiss
Since she was a little girl, the Sacred Heart of Jesus statue at Sacred Heart Hospital has represented faith to Jean Kurtz. Growing up in a German-American family in a house on Fifth Street in Allentown, the statue was just a part of her life in the neighborhood. As kids, she and her friends would sit by the statue and look at the fish in the fountain below its feet. After her first Communion in 1943, it’s where her family took a picture of her.
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2 weeks ago |
mcall.com | Leif Greiss
The health networks of the Lehigh Valley will continue to provide COVID-19 vaccines to all who want them, regardless of recent changes in federal guidance. Last month, the Trump administration announced that it would limit approval of the COVID-19 vaccine for everyone except seniors and others at high risk or with serious illness until more data on other groups was available. Shortly after, Health Secretary Robert F.
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