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Pa. Health Dept.: Three-day total of 14K new COVID-19 cases; More than 2.6K hospitalized
As of Monday, the statewide positivity rate was 10.3 percent, and 73.2 percent of Pennsylvanians 18 or older were fully vaccinated.
Moderna, Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 boosters now available in Pa., Health Dept. says
The news comes as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention approved the use of the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson boosters earlier this week.
Pa. Health Dept.: More than 5K COVID-19 cases; More than 2,800 hospitalized
As of Wednesday, there were 2,891 people hospitalized with COVID-19, according to state health data. Of that number, 675 patients with COVID-19 are in the intensive care unit.
Pa. Health Dept: More than 4,939 new COVID cases; 2,386 hospitalized
The Pennsylvania Department of Health confirmed 4,939 new cases of COVID-19 Tuesday, bringing the statewide total to more than 1.38 million cases of the virus. Hospitalizations due to the virus also continued to climb, increasing from 2,337 on Monday to 2,386 on Tuesday, according to state data. Of those hospitalized with the virus, 602 are […]
Pa. Health Dept: More than 12,686 new COVID cases; 2,337 hospitalized
The new cases bring the statewide total to more than 1.38 million cases, according to state health data.
FDA panel backs COVID-19 booster shots only for elderly and high-risk Americans
The Biden administration had hoped that states could begin rolling out a wide national booster shot campaign as soon as Monday, and the Food and Drug Administration advisory committee’s decision threw up a roadblock for that goal.
Can vaccine refusers who lose their jobs still collect unemployment? Experts explain
'The Legislature must take action to protect,' this 'basic human right of deciding what goes into their body,' two GOP senators argue
In Reading, Wolf urges eligible Pennsylvanians to get vaccine to protect school-age children
“We need to do everything in our power” to keep kids in the classroom, Gov. Tom Wolf said Tuesday, as he urged Pa. residents to help end the pandemic.
Pa. prison guards union sues to block Wolf’s vaccine policy
The union representing 11,000 Pennsylvania prison guards and other corrections staff has filed a lawsuit to block Gov. Tom Wolf’s vaccine policy. The policy, announced last month, required thousands of state employees working in congregate settings — such as state-run hospitals, homes for the disabled, and prisons — to get vaccinated or be tested for […]
Capital-Star Q+A: Pa. is sick and needs a doctor, says GOP Gov. candidate Nche Zama
"I realized that Pennsylvania is dying. And if Pennsylvania’s dying, it is very much in need of a cardiac surgeon for heart surgery."
Prison guards sue, other unions bargain over Wolf’s vaccine policy for state workers
(*This story was updated at 3:35 p.m. on Thursday, 8/12/21, with additional information about PSCOA and comment from Temple University epidemiologist Krys Johnson, and at 4:05 p.m. with additional comment from PSCOA) The unions representing state workers in Pennsylvania have faced a choice in dealing with Gov. Tom Wolf’s new policy ordering tens of thousands […]
More than half of Pa. counties seeing substantial, high rates of community spread of COVID-19
COVID-19 case counts have been climbing steadily in the commonwealth since late July, following national trends.