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County sets new record for COVID cases in a month

Warren County closed out January with 53 new cases of COVID-19 announced on Tuesday. The Pennsylvania Department of Health reported 1,279 cases in the month, making it the month with the most new cases so far. The previous high was 1,171, set in December 2020. There were 16 COVID-related deaths reported in January, including one added to the toll on Tuesday. Each day, at about 1 p.m., the department presents totals from the day before. The county had been trending downward in new cases over the past few days. After 82 new cases were reported for Jan. 24., there had been 36, 42, 37, ...

Omicron amps up concerns about long COVID and its causes

More than a year after a bout with COVID-19, Rebekah Hogan still suffers from severe brain fog, pain and fatigue that leave her unable to do her nursing job or handle household activities. Long COVID has her questioning her worth as a wife and mother. "Is this permanent? Is this the new ...

Pennsylvania adding long-term care beds to ease COVID crunch

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania is setting up four regional support sites with as many as 120 beds to help hospitals and nursing homes under strain from COVID-19, state officials said Monday. The temporary sites will be located in existing skilled nursing facilities in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, as well as in Blair and Clarion counties, and will allow hospitals to more rapidly discharge patients in need of long-term care. Pennsylvania nursing homes have been reporting dire staffing shortages that forced many of them to stop accepting new residents, which in turn has prevented ...

3 new COVID deaths reported; county nears most cases in any month

With several days to go, January 2022 has tied December 2020 as the month with the most new cases of COVID-19 in Warren County. Over the past two days, the Pennsylvania Department of Health reported 79 new cases – 42 in Thursday's report and 37 in Friday's. There have been 1,171 cases so far this month and 6,783 total. There were three deaths added to the COVID toll in the past two days, bringing that total to 15 for the month and 195 in all. There were 65 COVID-related deaths reported in January 2021 – easily the highest of any month. As of Friday, the county's positivity ...

Relief available for ‘hardest hit’ child care providers

There has been plenty of pandemic trouble to go around and the child care system is taking more than its share of the abuse. There are dollars available to help through the American Rescue Plan Act. The deadline for providers to apply for those federal relief dollars is approaching rapidly. According to a Thursday release from the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services, child care entities in operation during the pandemic have until the end of the day Monday, Jan. 31, to apply, if they have not done so already. “The child care industry has been one of the hardest hit by the ...

Pennsylvania court strikes down expansive mail-in voting law

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A statewide court declared Friday that Pennsylvania's expansive two-year-old mail-in voting law is unconstitutional, agreeing with challenges by Republicans who soured on mail-in voting after then-President Donald Trump began baselessly attacking it as rife with fraud ...