Eighty-four-year-old Josephine Kurtz cared for others as a nurse’s aide, tended to elderly family members and still visits nursing home residents. Now, a selfless stranger is making it possible for Kurtz to make the long trek from her home to the Penn State Heart and Vascular Institute.

On Tuesday, July 3, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and the Hershey Symphony Orchestra will present “An American Salute,” the annual Independence Day celebration on the front lawn of the Medical Center.

The John Crain Kunkel Foundation is helping to ensure the future of health care with a new $100,000 scholarship at Penn State College of Medicine, utilizing a scholarship match from the College of Medicine.

PA State Council of Lions Clubs and Four Diamonds have announced a new multi-year partnership, PA Lions “Care – For The Kids,” which is mobilizing the PA Lions’ 19,000 member network to raise $100,000 in its first year to benefit Four Diamonds’ mission to conquer childhood cancer.

Some of the nearly 500 people who have received a new heart at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center over the past three decades gathered recently to celebrate their successes.

The work of some science students at Conrad Weiser High School in Berks County has drawn the attention of medical professionals at Penn State Health.

Nearly 50 pre-med students from 19 universities got an inside look at medical school and opportunities in primary care through Penn State College of Medicine’s annual Primary Care Scholars program.