Stories tagged: "coronavirus response"

Coronavirus Gov. Tom Wolf speaks to someone at an event in York County in October. (Flickr/Office of Gov. Tom Wolf)
Coronavirus Court Tosses Out Ruling Against Wolf’s COVID-19 Regulations

A federal appeals court has dismissed a judge’s ruling that threw out Gov. Tom Wolf’s sweeping COVID-19 restrictions, saying the issue is now moot because statewide mitigation measures have expired.

Associated Press Associated Press August 11, 2021 12:34 pm EDT
Coronavirus A certified medical assistant prepares doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination center at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. The US took a major step in the pandemic this week by clearing the Pfizer vaccine for youth ages 12-15. (Image via AP Photo/John Locher, File)
Coronavirus Pennsylvania Reports 1,088 New Coronavirus Cases Thursday

Pennsylvania's coronavirus numbers are rising again, with more than 1,000 new cases reported Thursday.

Patrick Abdalla Patrick Abdalla July 29, 2021 2:49 pm EDT
Coronavirus In this May 11, 2021 photo, Rochelle Walensky, Director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, testifies before a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Tuesday, May 11, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool via AP)
Coronavirus Pennsylvania Follows CDC Guidelines: Most Fully Vaccinated People Don’t Need Masks

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention eased indoor mask-wearing guidance for fully vaccinated people on Thursday.

Patrick Abdalla Patrick Abdalla May 13, 2021 3:35 pm EDT
Coronavirus Tiffany Husak, left, a nursing student at the Community College of Allegheny County, receives her first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine, during a vaccination clinic hosted by the University of Pittsburgh and the Allegheny County Health Department at the Petersen Events Center, in Pittsburgh, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021. The clinic, staffed by Pitt faculty and students from Pharmacy, Nursing, Medicine, and Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, will vaccinate some 800 personnel, over two days, who are work in healthcare roles, including students from Chatham College, Community College of Allegheny County, Duquesne University, LaRoche University, Pittsburgh Technical College and Pitt who work with patients. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Coronavirus Health Officials Remain Optimistic About a Spring/Summer Vaccine Rollout to the General Public

Officials at the state Department of Health still expect the general public to begin being vaccinated some time in the spring or early summer, said Lindsey Mauldin, a senior advisor in the department.

Patrick Abdalla Patrick Abdalla February 9, 2021 6:30 pm EST
Jobs menus at a restaurant closed due to COVID shutdowns
Jobs Despite Claims to the Contrary, Data Shows Shutdowns Weren’t the Major Force Behind Job Losses

New data shows people in the United States started staying at home before government officials ordered any shutdowns.

Elle Meyers Elle Meyers January 26, 2021 1:18 pm EST

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Coronavirus In this March 16, 2020 file photo, a pharmacist gives Jennifer Haller, left, the first shot in the first-stage safety study clinical trial of a potential vaccine for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, at the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute in Seattle. The world's biggest COVID-19 vaccine test got underway July 27 with the first of 30,000 planned volunteers. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
Coronavirus A COVID Vaccine Could Be Weeks Away for Some Americans. Here’s What You Need to Know.

In the coming weeks, the FDA could approve the first vaccines for COVID-19, so we wanted to answer some frequently asked questions.

Keya Vakil Keya Vakil Patrick Abdalla Patrick Abdalla December 2, 2020 5:04 pm EST
Coronavirus As millions of Americans suffer due to COVID, President Trump does nothing to help them.
Coronavirus 1 American Dies From COVID Every 44 Seconds, But Trump Is Still Trying to Steal the Election

Rather than work to address the spiraling coronavirus crisis, President Trump and his allies are instead wasting precious time and resources on their cynical gambit to subvert the will of the American people.

Keya Vakil Keya Vakil November 20, 2020 2:41 pm EST