By DAVID A. LIEB As Congress considered a massive COVID-19 relief package earlier this year, hundreds of mayors from across the U.S. pleaded for “immediate…
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By MATTHEW PERRONE WASHINGTON (AP) — Drugmaker Merck said Friday that its experimental COVID-19 pill reduced hospitalizations and deaths by half in people recently infected…
Deanna Reber could have moved up. She could have gotten out of the intensive care unit. A Reading Hospital nurse for 29 years, a career…
By LAURAN NEERGAARD Pfizer said Monday its COVID-19 vaccine works for children ages 5 to 11 and that it will seek U.S. authorization for this…
The picture of the magnitude of COVID-19 delta variant cases among the fully vaccinated should become clearer after the Pennsylvania Department of Health addresses the…
Berks County picked up 125 new COVID cases in the Thursday update of the Pennsylvania Department of Health dashboard. The pandemic case total for the…
Business leaders in Berks County were reminded on Tuesday that it is legal to require a COVID-19 vaccine for employees as the virus spreads across…
There were 11 COVID-19 deaths in the past week in Berks County, acting county Coroner Jonn M. Hollenbach said in an emailed statement Tuesday morning.…
The holiday weekend slowdown in COVID-19 test processing hasn’t slowed COVID cases in Berks, with the county setting another delta variant surge record in the…
By MARC LEVY, MICHAEL RUBINKAM and MARK SCOLFORO HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Masks will be required in all Pennsylvania K-12 schools, Gov. Tom Wolf was…
Nearly 50 education and health organizations are asking Pennsylvania officials to implement a mandate requiring the wearing of masks in schools. The group sent letters…
Berks County set a delta-variant surge record with 149 new COVID-19 cases in the Tuesday update of the Pennsylvania Department of Health dashboard. The pandemic…
It didn’t take long. In fact, some already were there. They had moved past the point of asking people to get vaccinated. They had urged…
Berks County backed away from its delta-variant surge record Thursday in the state Department of Health dashboard, adding 78 COVID-19 cases down from 121 the…