“Pandemic Halloween” sounds like the title of an Edgar Allen Poe short story. But it’s coming, and it’s not fiction. To deal with the coronavirus danger this holiday, a common trick-or-treat accessory — masks — could prove useful, coupled with social distancing and sanitizing ...
An Altoona native is being recognized by the Seattle Seahawks. Dr. Eliot Fagley, an anesthesiologist who leads the Critical Care Unitás COVID-19 response at Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle, was selected to represent physicians, nurses, patient care techs, therapy experts, pharmacists and their collaborative effort to lead critical care for COVID-19 patients. Fagley will raise the 12 Flag prior to kickoff on behalf of his entire team of frontline workers, at Sundayás Seahawks vs. Patriots matchup on Sunday Night Football. Because there will be no fans in the stadium due ...
A week ago, Centre County became the first local county to break 1,000 for COVID-19 cases, and by Friday, it had surged to 1,630 -- averaging 81 cases a day in an ongoing outbreak propelled by student infections at Penn State in University Park, according to the state Department of Health and the university. Centre’s case number is three times higher than Blair’s 548, the next highest local tally, yet Centre’s death total has stayed at 11 since mid-August, even as Blair’s has risen by 7 to 15 -- a phenomenon that likely reflects the youth of the Centre County ...
TAKOMA PARK, Md. — In front of baskets of tomatoes and peppers, near a sizzling burrito grill, the “promotoras” stop masked shoppers at a busy Latino farmers market: Want to test a COVID-19 vaccine? Aided by Spanish-speaking “health promoters” and Black pastors, a stepped-up effort ...
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials on Friday dropped a controversial piece of coronavirus guidance and said anyone who has been in close contact with an infected person should get tested. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention essentially returned to its previous testing guidance, getting rid of language posted last month that said people didn’t need to get tested if they didn’t feel sick.
HARRISBURG (AP) — Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate took a steep drop in August as the labor force shrank and payrolls shot up again in a continuing rebound from shutdowns and the worst economic effects of the pandemic, according to state figures released Friday. Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate was 10.3% in August, down 2.2 percentage points from July’s adjusted rate of 12.5%, the state Department of Labor and Industry said. It had initially estimated July’s rate at 13.7%, among the highest in the nation, but still below the state’s pandemic-driven unemployment high of ...
