There are some symptoms, such as chest pain, that may warrant a trip to the emergency room. But for other issues, visiting urgent care may suffice.

A ceremony Wednesday marked the beginning of construction on an expansion that will feature 83 first-floor emergency department beds.

A nearly $100 million project to expand Lehigh Valley Hospital-Muhlenberg’s emergency department is under way.

Lehigh Valley Health Network begins expansion of its Muhlenberg ER in Bethlehem to double capacity, improve trauma care, and enhance patient services.

About 1 in 3 kids who go to an emergency room (ER) amid a mental health crisis wait at least 12 hours to be transferred psychiatric care, researchers report in the August 2025 issue of the Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open.

Overdoses and drug poisonings are the third leading cause of death in people under age 20, per the CDC, and synthetic opioids play an increasingly concerning role.

Dr. Reed Caldwell watches and rates scenes from the Max medical drama "The Pitt," starring Noah Wyle.

ER came out 31 years ago, but more people are starting to tune in to the NBC medical drama. The series ran for 15 seasons from 1994 to 2009 and was, at one point, the longest-running primetime medical drama.