Tristan Edwards-Wright experienced a devastating loss in her life at just 8 years old. “I lost my father to brain cancer and it was a…
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The number of COVID-19 cases have fallen in Berks County and across Pennsylvania and the nation in the past week, but another week will be…
The latest weekly report of the Pennsylvania Department of Health COVID-19 dashboard shows the worst of the second omicron surge in Berks County and across…
After seven weeks of extensive gains of COVID cases and reinfections in Berks County and across Pennsylvania, the most recent Early Warning Monitoring Dashboard from…
It’s a sight no parent wants to see. In the aisles of grocery stores and pharmacies, empty shelves where baby formula should be. It may…
The weather is warming and people are spending more and more time outdoors. The month of May means time spent in the garden, hikes in…
The latest vaccination statistics from the Pennsylvania Department of Health’s COVID-19 dashboard illustrate why health officials are concerned about the monthslong sag in vaccinations. Only…
By CARLA K. JOHNSON The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 hit 1 million on Monday, a once-unimaginable figure that only hints at the multitudes of…
The gradual upward trend of COVID-19 cases continued for the fifth week in Berks County in the most recent Early Warning Monitoring Dashboard from the…
By ASTRID SUÁREZ and CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — As women in the United States find themselves on the verge of possibly losing the…
Reading Hospital has been chosen as one of 14 organizations across the country to receive a federal grant from a program designed to improve community…
A decision by a federal judge in Florida to throw out a national mask mandate for public transportation across the region and the U.S. created…
By CURT ANDERSON ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge’s decision to strike down a national mask mandate was met with cheers on some…
By CURT ANDERSON ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge in Florida struck down a national mask mandate on airplanes and mass transit Monday,…
Berks County has hired a firm to investigate the health care needs of its residents. The commissioners voted during their weekly board meeting Thursday to…
The COVID-19 pandemic that has tightly gripped the world for more than two years is, at its root, a public health threat. The highly infectious…