The U.S. is poised to make COVID-19 vaccinations more like a yearly flu shot. The Food and Drug Administration's scientific advisers are helping to decide if most Americans may need once-a-year boosters — and how and when to periodically update the shots’ recipe. COVID-19 vaccines have saved millions of lives and booster doses continue to help, but protection can wane and the virus still is rapidly mutating. FDA's advisers say vaccination should be made simpler. Next steps also will include a spring meeting on whether to update the vaccine recipe against new virus strains.
SUNBURY — Northumberland County President Judge Paige Rosini will decide if a homicide charge against Ajani Munsh-Ousha Uhuru will proceed to trial after the 23-year-old Sunbury man appeared in court Friday afternoon.
SUNBURY — All four Valley counties are still registering medium levels of COVID-19, data show and no counties in Pennsylvania have high levels for the second week in a row. Montour, Northumberland, Snyder and Union counties have had medium levels of transmission for the nearly three months, …
MIFFLINBURG — Herr Memorial Library is partnering with Mr. Sticky’s to bring you delicious sticky buns. The library is taking orders now through Feb 11. The cost is $5 for one sticky bun, $20 for a half dozen sticky buns or $38 for one dozen sticky buns.
SUNBURY — All four Valley counties are still registering medium levels of COVID-19, data show and no counties in Pennsylvania have high levels. Montour, Northumberland, Snyder and Union counties have had medium levels of transmission for the last two months, according to the state Department…
SUNBURY — All four Valley counties are still registering medium levels of COVID-19, data show. Montour, Northumberland, Snyder and Union counties have had medium levels of transmission for the last two months, according to the state Department of Health.
Nearly 6 million Americans have taken Paxlovid for free, courtesy of the federal government.
New COVID-19 infections in the state and the four Valley counties increased for the second consecutive week, according to data released Wednesday by the state Department of Health.
Pennsylvania registered fewer than 10,000 new COVID-19 cases over the past week, the second time since weekly reports began that there were fewer than 10,000 new cases.
SUNBURY — Deleen Wetzel was in a coma for 21 days while battling COVID-19 in April 2020 and today still struggles with health problems.
Pennsylvania recorded another new low for new COVID-19 cases this week and recorded the second-smallest increase in related deaths since early August.
More than 100 former Geisinger employees have appealed the dismissal of a lawsuit filed last year after they were terminated following the health system’s implementation of a COVID-19 vaccine and testing policy.
The number of new COVID-19 cases statewide declined again this week — the third week in a row — while three of four Valley counties saw more new cases this week than the preceding week.
Pennsylvania registered its lowest number of new COVID-19 cases since the first week of July, even as the number of patients hospitalized due to complications of the coronavirus increased for the first time in a month.
The number of high school students participating in sports across the United States dropped four percent in the most recent survey by the National Federation of State High School Associations.
Montour County is still seeing high levels of community transmission of COVID-19, while the three other counties are registering medium levels again according to data updated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
All four Valley counties are seeing high levels of community transmission of COVID-19, according to the latest data from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
State officials on Wednesday unveiled the new Recreation Engagement Coalition of 50 people from across the state and the full spectrum of outdoor recreation charge with growing outdoor recreation in Pennsylvania.
Is it just me or have many of my fellow hunters lost their respect for the squirrel as a game animal? Oh, they still enjoy watching the squirrel’s antics as they climb and scamper throughout the forest, but now it is nothing more than a distraction as they wait in hopes of encountering the n…
When Karen Leonovich sought care for her mother and her mother’s companion in July, it took her nearly two weeks to find two open beds at the same facility.
The state Department of Health is aware of the ongoing issues of hospitals and skilled nursing facilities (SNF) facing challenges in moving a hospital patient to a nursing facility and nursing facilities not accepting patients because they don’t have adequate staffing.
DANVILLE — Following recent guidance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Geisinger is offering single booster doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 bivalent booster vaccine for people age 12 and older.
More Pennsylvanians died from COVID-19 over the past week than in any other week in three months according to the latest data released Wednesday by the Department of Health.
HARRISBURG — The number of new COVID-19 cases registered across Pennsylvania dropped for the fourth consecutive week on Wednesday while the state Department of Health said more than 100 Pennsylvanians died due to complications from the coronavirus for the fifth week in a row.
A federal judge has tossed a class-action lawsuit filed last year by 106 Geisinger employees against the health system's mandated twice-weekly tests for COVID-19.
Federal prison facilities in Union County are now at the lowest restriction levels for COVID-19 as the active case counts at facilities in Allenwood continue to decline.
All four Valley counties are seeing medium levels of community transmission of COVID-19, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The state Department of Health added more than 20,000 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, the sixth consecutive week with at least 20,000 statewide. There were about 350 fewer cases across Pennsylvania this week than last week.
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More than 100 former Geisinger employees have appealed the dismissal of a lawsuit filed last year after they were terminated following the health system’s implementation of a COVID-19 vaccine and testing policy.
The number of new COVID-19 cases statewide declined again this week — the third week in a row — while three of four Valley counties saw more new cases this week than the preceding week.
Pennsylvania registered its lowest number of new COVID-19 cases since the first week of July, even as the number of patients hospitalized due to complications of the coronavirus increased for the first time in a month.
The number of high school students participating in sports across the United States dropped four percent in the most recent survey by the National Federation of State High School Associations.
Montour County is still seeing high levels of community transmission of COVID-19, while the three other counties are registering medium levels again according to data updated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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All four Valley counties are seeing high levels of community transmission of COVID-19, according to the latest data from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
State officials on Wednesday unveiled the new Recreation Engagement Coalition of 50 people from across the state and the full spectrum of outdoor recreation charge with growing outdoor recreation in Pennsylvania.
Is it just me or have many of my fellow hunters lost their respect for the squirrel as a game animal? Oh, they still enjoy watching the squirrel’s antics as they climb and scamper throughout the forest, but now it is nothing more than a distraction as they wait in hopes of encountering the n…
When Karen Leonovich sought care for her mother and her mother’s companion in July, it took her nearly two weeks to find two open beds at the same facility.
The state Department of Health is aware of the ongoing issues of hospitals and skilled nursing facilities (SNF) facing challenges in moving a hospital patient to a nursing facility and nursing facilities not accepting patients because they don’t have adequate staffing.
DANVILLE — Following recent guidance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Geisinger is offering single booster doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 bivalent booster vaccine for people age 12 and older.
More Pennsylvanians died from COVID-19 over the past week than in any other week in three months according to the latest data released Wednesday by the Department of Health.
HARRISBURG — The number of new COVID-19 cases registered across Pennsylvania dropped for the fourth consecutive week on Wednesday while the state Department of Health said more than 100 Pennsylvanians died due to complications from the coronavirus for the fifth week in a row.
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A federal judge has tossed a class-action lawsuit filed last year by 106 Geisinger employees against the health system's mandated twice-weekly tests for COVID-19.
Federal prison facilities in Union County are now at the lowest restriction levels for COVID-19 as the active case counts at facilities in Allenwood continue to decline.
All four Valley counties are seeing medium levels of community transmission of COVID-19, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The state Department of Health added more than 20,000 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, the sixth consecutive week with at least 20,000 statewide. There were about 350 fewer cases across Pennsylvania this week than last week.