With pediatric doses, boosters, and multiple different providers, the COVID vaccine situation is as varied as ever. On Dec. 11, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gave emergency use approval to the Pfizer vaccine for people 16 years and older. A week later, FDA gave the same to the ...
There were 28 new cases of COVID-19 in Warren County on Thursday, bringing the total to 4,094. There were also 35 new cases on Wednesday. The Pennsylvania Department of Health added another death to the county's COVID toll on Friday, bringing that total to 125. According to the department, there were 17 cases in children ages 5 to 18 between Oct. 20 and Oct. 26, and six among children under the age of 5 in that same time. Since Aug. 16, there have been 32 cases among children under 5 and 211 cases among those from 5 to 18.
COVID booster shots are available in the Warren County area. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends COVID-19 booster shots for some patients. Gaughn’s Drug Store will hold Moderna booster clinics at Allegheny Community Center. “Gaughn’s will be starting COVID booster clinics for Moderna on Thursdays at the Allegheny Community Center Oct. 28,” according to Owner and Pharmacist Scott Newton. “Appointments are required. Our plan is to have approximately 300 spots going forward every Thursday.” “If the demand is there we will be adding more ...
Warren County has surpassed 4,000 total cases of COVID-19 and 600 this month. According to the Pennsylvania Department of Health, there were 56 new cases on Tuesday. That brings the running total to 4,031, 3,262 confirmed and 769 probables. In October, there have been 661 new cases. The county remains in an area of high community transmission, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). With over 800 tests administered in the past seven days, over 20 percent of them came back positive. There were no new deaths attributed to COVID-19 in Wednesday's report, ...
Trick-or-treating is this weekend and officials are hoping people stay safe. “Halloween season is once again upon us,” Youngsville Borough Police Chief Todd Mineweaser said. “It can be a fun time but also scary for parents with little ones.” “Halloween is one of the most popular ...
Testing students for COVID-19 might mean shorter quarantines. But, if Warren County School District can take that step, why not go farther During the school board's committee meetings Monday night, Superintendent Amy Stewart said there have been more than 75 percent as many quarantine days two months into this school year as there were in all of the previous year – 364 to 436. Committees discussed a number of possible ways to address make sure students are learning everything they need to learn, even when they are out of school. They also focused on ways to eliminate some of the ...
