A small handful of area school districts have opted into a Pennsylvania Department of Health-sponsored free, onsite COVID-19 testing program. Penn Cambria, Central Cambria and Portage Area school districts, all in Cambria County, are participating in the program, which district officials ...

HARRISBURG — Nearly six months into the school year, the majority of Pennsylvania schools have not opted into a free, on-site COVID-19 testing program provided by the state health department. While participation in the program has doubled since the fall, only 750 of the state’s more than ...

The Blair County COVID-19 testing site has moved to the Jaffa Shrine Center, 2200 Broad Ave., Altoona. Free testing will be offered from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 14, through Friday, Feb. 18, and again from Monday, Feb. 21, through Friday, Feb. 25. Mid-nasal passage swab PCR tests will ...

HOLLIDAYSBURG — The Hollidaysburg Area School Board voted to end masking requirements effective immediately and do away with contact tracing after Feb. 23. Those who test positive must still isolate for five days, but do not have to wear a mask when they return to school, which they may do ...

The Altoona Area School Board unanimously voted Thursday to ease restrictions on its COVID-19 close contact policy. According to the new guidelines, students who come into close contact with a person who has COVID-19 are allowed to return to school as long as they are asymptomatic. “We ...

Late-night partying at clubs. Elbow-to-elbow seating in movie theaters. Going without masks in public, especially in Europe and North America: Step by step, many countries are easing their COVID-19 restrictions amid hopes the omicron wave may have passed its peak. The early moves to relax ...