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Coronavirus

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...