The proportion of COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations among vaccinated Pennsylvania residents rose sharply last month, reflecting the fact that a higher percentage of the population has now gotten the shot but also likely that protection has waned somewhat, state health officials said ...

All six local counties remain in the high transmission category for COVID-19 this week, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website on Friday. All six qualify for high transmission because their incidence rates — the number of new cases in the past week per 100,000 ...

The state Department of Community and Economic Development has released a list of Blair County entities selected to receive COVID-19 Hospitality Industry Recovery Program grants. The county, which was allocated $1.35 million to help hospitality-related businesses affected by the ongoing ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Bronwyn Russell wears a mask anytime she leaves her Illinois home, though she wouldn't dream of going out to eat or to hear a band play, much less setting foot on a plane. In Virginia, Oliver Midgette rarely dons a mask, never lets COVID-19 rouse any worry and happily finds ...

A bill that would allow parents in Pennsylvania to exempt their children from wearing a mask at school cleared a state Senate committee on Tuesday as Republican lawmakers started making good on their pledge to counter the governor’s statewide mask mandate. The legislation would hand the ...

Regional colleges and universities report they are making their way through the semester relatively smoothly despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Amid the challenges posed by positive cases, schools are making the best of it, officials reported, continuing to operate at a level as close to ...