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Coronavirus

Pennsylvania high court throws out mask mandate for schools

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania schoolchildren may soon be attending classes unmasked under a state Supreme Court ruling Friday that threw out the Wolf administration's statewide mandate that face coverings be worn inside K-12 school buildings. The justices announced the decision but ...

County COVID rate remains high; 38 new cases Friday

Warren County continues to experience a high incidence of new cases of COVID-19. On Friday, the Pennsylvania Department of Health added 38 cases to the county toll, bringing the total to 5,340. Of the total, 4,342 cases are confirmed and 998 probables, according to the department. The ...

Motion to settle filed in WCSD mask case

A joint motion to settle has been filed in the litigation revolving around the Warren County School District’s attempts to skirt state masking requirements. The motion was filed on Tuesday and states that the “parties have reached a settlement that resolves the entire case through the ...

Warren County sees highest COVID-19 positives in PA in the state

As COVID-19 case counts continue to climb, Warren County now has the distinction of having the highest test percent positivity in the state. The Department of Health announced an additional 51 cases of COVID-19 in Warren County on Tuesday. That’s on the heels of a couple quiet days — ...

Vaccination campaign announced by officials

There have been calls for local COVID-19 vaccine advocacy ever since the Warren County Commissioners rejected an idea to fund a promotional campaign via American Rescue Plan funds. Such a campaign is now underway. A group of local government, hospital and community officials have launched ...

COVID surge: Pennsylvania hospital chain runs out of beds

One of Pennsylvania's largest health systems has run out of beds because of the latest COVID-19 surge, with doctors and nurses practicing "waiting room medicine" on patients who are forced to endure 10- to 20-hour delays in the emergency department, officials said Wednesday. Geisinger is ...