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…
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Q: Our son seems easily stressed out and has awful tantrums. What can we do to deal with this? A: As a behavioral pediatrician, I…
Tower Health has postponed the deadline for mandatory COVID-19 vaccines for many of its 14,000 employees until next year. Tower told employees last week it…
Financially struggling Tower Health announced plans to cut two of the smallest facilities in its six-hospital system. Tower will seek to close Jennersville Hospital in…
The Animal Rescue League of Berks County announced Friday night that a cat that bit a Birdsboro resident Tuesday has tested positive for rabies. The…
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…
If ever the United Way of Berks County’s function as a giant safety net for various human service agencies was vital, it was in 2020.…
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…
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…
When it comes to getting treatment for substance abuse, the LGBT community is often left behind. A new scholarship fund created in partnership with Caron…
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…
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…
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District has closed the public swim beach at the Dry Brooks Day Use Area of Blue Marsh Lake…