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Pennsylvania's health official registered 1,945 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday as the seven-day average of new cases and hospitalizations dropped to levels not seen in nearly four months.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is getting a third vaccine to prevent COVID-19, as the Food and Drug Administration on Saturday cleared a Johnson & Johnson shot that works with just one dose instead of two.
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Pennsylvania hit 24,000 deaths linked to the novel coronavirus on Saturday and the state Department of Health registered 3,361 new cases, the second day in a row the new case count increased.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The House approved a $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill that was championed by President Joe Biden, the first step in providing another dose of aid to a weary nation as the measure now moves to a tense Senate.
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HARRISBURG — A bipartisan group of state lawmakers on the House education committee on Friday called on the Department of Health to give higher priority to teachers.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The House approved a $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill early Saturday in a win for President Joe Biden, even as top Democrats tried assuring agitated progressives that they’d revive their derailed drive to boost the minimum wage.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Saudi Arabia's crown prince likely approved the killing of U.S.-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, according to a newly declassified U.S. intelligence report released Friday that instantly ratcheted up pressure on the Biden administrati…
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HARRISBURG -- The state Department of Health on Friday updated its guidance to say that individuals who’ve been fully vaccinated against COVID don’t need to quarantine if they’re exposed to others who have the virus.
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Vaccinating older patients for COVID-19 can save the most lives and maximize years of remaining expectancy according to a new study co-authored by a Bucknell University mathematics professor.
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COVID-19 hospitalizations dropped statewide and locally on Friday, while the number of new cases of the novel coronavirus jumped back above 3,000 for the first time in a week.
Local business's are still hurting due to COVID-19 and some even more so than others now that Bucknell University is strongly discouraging their students from going to downtown Lewisburg.
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The loss of the PIAA state championship swim meet cost the Valley an estimated $1.6 million in tourism revenue and is the latest blow to the food and hospitality industry reeling from ongoing pandemic restrictions, according to the region’s tourism director.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health advisers endorsed a one-dose COVID-19 vaccine from Johnson & Johnson on Friday, putting the nation on the cusp of adding an easier-to-use option to fight the pandemic.
Pennsylvania has administered more than 2.2 million vaccinations to Date
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A second Pennsylvania health system has acknowledged that it gave the COVID-19 vaccine to employees' family members, but said it halted the program after discussions with the state Department of Health.
COVID-19 hospitalizations dropped statewide and locally on Friday, while the number of new cases of the novel coronavirus jumped back above 3,000 for the first time in a week.
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Some Pennsylvania residents who have had the required full doses of COVID-19 vaccine do not need to quarantine after exposure to another person with the novel coronavirus, according to updated guidance from the state Department of Health.
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Two U.S. Navy warships operating in the Mideast have been struck by coronavirus outbreaks, authorities said Friday, with both returning to port in Bahrain.
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A year into the COVID-19 pandemic, more experienced workers seem more comfortable working from home while their younger counterparts are more eager to return to the comforts of an office according to a survey of U.S. workers.
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Note: This story is updated to clarify that UPMC's vaccine data is statewide.
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SUNBURY — Sunbury officials want the Northumberland County District Attorney's Office to review inspections conducted at the now-closed Sunshine Corners, which has not been inspected by the Department of Human Services in 18 months and where a state agency found 40 code violations earlier th…
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HARRISBURG — Lawmakers used a budget hearing for the Department of Health to blast the state’s response to the COVID pandemic, chiefly taking aim at an early move to order nursing homes to readmit residents with coronavirus and the more recent problems distributing vaccine doses.
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A Geisinger official said Wednesday that no patient appointments for the COVID-19 vaccine were canceled as a result of three special clinics it held for employees and approximately 3,600 of their relatives.
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New COVID-19 cases continued to drift lower on Thursday when the state Department of Health registered 2,356 new cases statewide. It marked seven consecutive days of fewer than 3,000 new cases and the third day in a row the case count was lower than the previous day.
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Former Health Secretary Rachel Levine’s explanation for the issues did not match previous reporting by Spotlight PA.
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Citing a reduction in on-campus positive COVID-19 cases, Bucknell University is lifting some restrictions for students including resuming athletics on Friday.
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New COVID-19 cases continued to drift lower on Thursday when the state Department of Health registered 2,356 new cases statewide. It marked seven consecutive days of fewer than 3,000 new cases and the third day in a row the case count was lower than the previous day.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell sharply last week in a sign that layoffs may have eased, though applications for aid remain at a historically high level.
SUNBURY — Native Snyder County singer and musician Vaughn Hummel was 13 years old when he “took up the guitar,” he said.
Applications open next month for $145 million in state grants for small hospitality businesses, with a significant change by lawmakers intended to make the money is more accessible to people of color.
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SUNBURY — Jason Schiccatano was tested twice this week after two co-workers tested positive for COVID-19 and he himself started showing symptoms.
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DANVILLE — The COVID-19 pandemic has affected children emotionally more than the virus itself has affected them physically, the chair of Geisinger's Department of Pediatrics told the Danville Area School Board Wednesday night.
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Pennsylvania's Department of Health registered 2,876 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, the sixth day in a row with fewer than 3,000 new cases statewide.
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The unbeaten Bucknell women's basketball team won't play again this weekend after a Tier 1 positive COVID-19 test within the program.
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SUNBURY — A state inspection agency found 40 code violations at Sunshine Corners after state officials shut the Sunbury assisted living facility down earlier this month.
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HARRISBURG - The state Department of Education will allow schools to postpone standardized tests until the fall, Deputy Secretary of Education Matthew Stem told members of the House education committee.
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A federal pharmacy program has delivered first and second doses to residents and staff at 600 nursing homes in Pennsylvania, Gov. Tom Wolf said Tuesday.
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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — All-Star center Joel Embiid didn't get his hands on the ball much in the first half Tuesday night, but his Philadelphia teammates made the Toronto Raptors pay in the 76ers' 109-102 victory.
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Pennsylvania's Department of Health registered 2,830 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday along with 97 new deaths. Tuesday marked the fifth day in a row with less than 3,000 new cases across the commonwealth.
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COVID has affected nearly every part of life, and we continually see not only the virus’s direct impact, but indirect effects as well – not least of all in children’s dental health.
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TURBOTVILLE — The Warrior Run School Board voted Monday night to resume five day-a-week in-person learning starting March 1.
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State officials will not add another day onto the drive-thru COVID-19 test site at the Shikellamy State Park after Monday's round of tests was canceled due to bad weather.
ALBANY — Republican lawmakers are pressuring their Democratic colleagues to join them in an effort to strip Gov. Andrew Cuomo of his emergency powers to control all pandemic decisions.
LEWISBURG — Audra Wilson, president and chief executive officer of the Shriver Center on Poverty Law, will be Bucknell University's 2021 Commencement speaker. Wilson is a 1994 Bucknell graduate.
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Pennsylvania's new COVID-19 case count dropped for the third day in a row on Monday, with the Department of Health registering 1,521 new cases, the lowest total since October. Among the cases statewide were 10 in the Valley.
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The state Department of Health registered 1,906 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, the smallest one-day increase since late October. Among the cases statewide were 20 in the Valley.
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SUNBURY — Officials from the Sunbury Fire Department are reaching out to the public for financial assistance.
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SUNBURY — State and city officials are working together to try and figure out how Sunshine Corners was operating with various code violations, according to City Administrator Derrick Backer.
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Pennsylvania's Department of Health registered less than 4,000 new COVID-19 cases for the sixth day in a row on Friday, confirming 2,778 cases across the commonwealth.
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Deliveries delayed by hazardous winter weather and mistakes made with the commonwealth’s accounting of first and second doses of a COVID-19 vaccine left Evangelical Community Hospital without any supplies of the Moderna vaccine.
