COVID
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Pennsylvania, Its Local Governments Are on Track to Use Nearly All $13B in Pandemic Relief by End of 2026
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Pennsylvania and its county and local governments are on track to spend nearly all of the federal American Rescue Plan Act funds they received to address the economic and health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Mount Nittany Health Requiring Masks in Patient Care Areas Amid Surge in Respiratory Illnesses
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Mount Nittany Health is implementing a masking requirement as respiratory illnesses rise in the local community. Beginning at 7 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 12, masks will be required for patients, visitors and employees in all patient care clinical and common areas at the medical center, clinics and physician group offices, according to a news release…
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How Pennsylvania Has (and Hasn’t) Spent Billions of COVID-19 Stimulus Dollars
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Pennsylvania received $7.3 billion in state and local pandemic relief funding from the American Rescue Plan Act and had spent more than $5.6 billion as of March.
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Centre County Stays at Low COVID-19 Community Level; WHO Declares End to Global Emergency Status
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Centre County and most of Pennsylvania remain at the low community level for COVID-19 as reported new cases and hospitalizations continue to plummet, according to the Centers for Disease Control’s latest update on Thursday night. It marks the 10th consecutive week Centre County is at the low community level. After two weeks with all Pennsylvania…
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All Pennsylvania Counties Remain at Low COVID-19 Community Level
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All 67 Pennsylvania counties remained at the low community level for COVID-19 for the second consecutive week as a months-long decline in new cases and hospitalizations linked to the virus continued statewide, according to the Centers for Disease Control’s update on Thursday night. For Centre County, it marks the ninth consecutive week at the low…
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All of Pennsylvania at Low COVID-19 Community Level as Cases, Hospitalizations Continue to Fall
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Each of Pennsylvania’s 67 counties is at the low community level for COVID-19 this week as reported new cases and hospitalizations linked to the virus continued a weeks-long decline, according to the Centers for Disease Control’s update on Thursday night. For Centre County, it marks the eighth consecutive week at the low community level. Statewide,…
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Centre County Remains at Low COVID-19 Community Level as New Cases, Hospitalizations Continue to Decline Statewide
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Centre County remained at the low COVID-19 community level for a seventh consecutive week as reported new cases and hospitalizations linked to the virus continued to plummet statewide, according to the Centers for Disease Control’s weekly update. Most of Pennsylvania — 65 of 67 counties — was at the low level, with only Elk and…
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Masks No Longer Required for Most Patients and Visitors at Mount Nittany Health Facilities
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Most visitors and patients are no longer required to wear masks at Mount Nittany Health facilities, three years after the health system made them mandatory amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Only those who are symptomatic or positive for COVID-19 will be required to wear masks, according to a news release on Wednesday. The change applies to…
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Centre County, Most of Pennsylvania at Low COVID-19 Community Level
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Centre County remained at the low community level for COVID-19 this week, according to the Centers for Disease Control’s latest update on Thursday night, as Pennsylvania continued a decline in reported cases, hospitalizations and deaths linked to the virus. Statewide, 65 of Pennsylvania’s 67 counties were at the low level, two more than last week,…
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Centre County Stays at Low COVID-19 Community Level; Statewide Cases and Hospitalizations Continue to Fall
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Centre County remained at the low community level for COVID-19 for the fifth consecutive week as cases locally and statewide continued to fall, according to the Centers for Disease Control’s latest update on Thursday night. Statewide, 63 of Pennsylvania’s 67 counties were at the low level, one more than last week, and four were at…