By JAMEY KEATEN GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization on Monday is pushing for an international accord to help prevent and fight future pandemics…
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The COVID-19 pandemic has been an insidious, persistent foe. Over the past 20 months it has taken lives, it has sickened millions. It has shut…
The inconsistent nature of COVID-19 data reporting continued Wednesday. A day after Berks County saw its daily COVID case count spike to a delta surge…
By LINDSEY TANNER The U.S. enters a new phase Wednesday in its COVID-19 vaccination campaign, with shots now available to millions of elementary-age children in…
Berks County added 143 COVID-19 cases in the Saturday update of the Pennsylvania Department of Health pandemic dashboard. The four-day period ending with Saturday’s report…
Berks County will reopen its mass vaccination center later this month. Officials announced Thursday that the Berks Cares Vaccine Center in Muhlenberg Township will begin welcoming…
By ZEKE MILLER and LINDSEY TANNER WASHINGTON (AP) — Children ages 5 to 11 will soon be able to get a COVID-19 shot at their…
By ROBERT BURNS, ERIC TUCKER and EILEEN PUTMAN WASHINGTON (AP) — Colin Powell, the trailblazing soldier and diplomat whose sterling reputation of service to Republican…
By ROBERT BURNS, ERIC TUCKER and EILEEN PUTMAN WASHIINGTON (AP) — Colin Powell, who served Democratic and Republican presidents in war and peace but whose…
Medical experts know that vaccines help protect people from getting COVID-19. And they know that if someone does get COVID, being vaccinated improves the chances…
Daily cases: Community spread: Hospitalizations: Source: Berkshire mont
Berks County added 238 new COVID cases over two days, according to the Monday update of the Pennsylvania Department of Health’s dashboard. There were 124…
By MATTHEW PERRONE WASHINGTON (AP) — Drugmaker Merck asked U.S. regulators Monday to authorize its pill for treating COVID-19 in what would add an entirely…
About 1 in 4 recent COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations have been among those considered fully vaccinated, according to statistics provided by the state Department of…
Eligibility and requirements for COVID testing have expanded since the early months of the pandemic. People with symptoms related to COVID or who are considered…
By LAURAN NEERGAARD and JENNIFER McDERMOTT Pfizer asked the U.S. government Thursday to allow use of its COVID-19 vaccine in children ages 5 to 11…