Berks County saw only small fluctuations in weekly COVID data reported by the state Department of Health. New cases and reinfections, the case rate and…
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Berks County continues to see its weekly COVID case count shrink, with data reported this week the lowest since the beginning of May. Other COVID…
The recently formed Berks Latino Workforce Development Corp., also known as Berks Tec Centro, honored 10 graduates who made up the first class of its…
A Youth Volunteer Corps of Reading service project to support youth mental health has been named the 2022 Project of the Year across the international…
By KATE ASHFORD of NerdWallet Medicare open enrollment starts soon, but 7 in 10 Medicare beneficiaries say they don’t compare Medicare plans during this period,…
Berks County has seen a third straight week of dropping COVID cases. The weekly data update from the state Department of Health showed both the…
Berks County has added three new confirmed COVID deaths to its pandemic total. The deaths were in the weekly report released Monday by coroner’s office.…
The Council on Chemical Abuse didn’t have to go far to find a successor for its retiring executive director. Kathleen F. Noll, the organization’s drug…
By ZEKE MILLER and CARLA K. JOHNSON BOSTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday urged Americans to come together for a new “national purpose”…
By ZEKE MILLER and CARLA K. JOHNSON BOSTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is set to channel John F. Kennedy on the 60th anniversary of…
Dear Mayo Clinic: As a woman in my 40s, I’ve experienced a wide variety of diet fads come and go. One week I read it’s…
For years, and some residents of the area say decades, outdoor cats have been a problem in the neighborhood around Shackamaxon Street in Leesport. The…
The bouncing balls that are the COVID-19 statistics continued last week for Berks County and Pennsylvania in the midweek update of the Pennsylvania Department of…
The recent reappearance of polio in some communities in the Northeast serves as an important reminder to parents to keep up with their child’s vaccinations…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert who became a household name — and the subject of partisan attacks —…
Berks County backed down from the record second omicron surge positivity rate from a week ago in the latest weekend report of the Pennsylvania Department…