COVID
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University Park Among Six Penn State Campuses to Drop Indoor Mask Mandate
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Just three days after its indoor mask mandate went into effect, Penn State’s University Park campus is no longer requiring indoor masking, effective immediately, the university announced Friday. Due to decreased Centers for Disease Control COVID-19 Community Levels in their respective counties, Penn State Great Valley, Lehigh Valley, New Kensington, Schuylkill and Scranton also won’t require masking while indoors, for the…
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Centre County Moves to Medium COVID-19 Community Level
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After spending a week at the high level, Centre County moved to the medium community level for COVID-19 in the Centers for Disease Control’s latest update on Thursday evening. At the medium level, the CDC recommends that those at high risk of severe illness talk to their health care provider about whether they need to…
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University Park Among Penn State Campuses to Require Indoor Masking
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University Park is among the latest crop of five Penn State campuses that will once again require indoor masking beginning on Tuesday, May 31. Masks will also be required indoors at Penn Stater Beaver, Greater Allegheny, New Kensington and Schuylkill because of their locations in Pennsylvania counties now with “high” COVID-19 Community Levels, according to the CDC. Centre…
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State College Area School District to Resume Mandatory Masking as Centre County Returns to High COVID-19 Community Level
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State College Area School District will once again require indoor masking after Centre County moved back to the Centers for Disease Control’s high community level of COVID-19. In a message to district families on Thursday night, Superintendent Bob O’Donnell wrote that mandatory masking will be in place beginning Tuesday and continuing while the county remains…
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Centre County Returns to High COVID-19 Community Level
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Centre County has returned to the high community level for COVID-19 after being at the low level for 12 weeks, according to the Centers for Disease Control’s latest weekly update on Thursday night. At the high level, the CDC recommends universal masking at indoor places open to the public. Community levels measure new cases and…
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Centre County Remains at Low COVID-19 Community Level; One-Third of Pa. Now at High Level
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Centre County remains at the low community level for COVID-19 for the 11th consecutive week as more of Pennsylvania moved to medium and high amid rising cases and hospitalizations, according to the Centers for Disease Control’s latest weekly update. Statewide, 27 of Pennsylvania’s 67 counties are at the low level. Seventeen are at the medium…
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Centre County Added 310 COVID-19 Cases in the Last Week as Local, Statewide Infection Rates Continue to Rise
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Centre County recorded 310 new COVID-19 cases during the last week as new infections and hospitalizations throughout Pennsylvania continued to tick up, according to the state Department of Health’s weekly data update on Wednesday. The county’s new cases mark an 11% increase over the previous week and put the seven-day moving average at 44, the…
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Despite High Vaccination Rates Among Pa. Prisoners, Some COVID Restrictions Remain in Place
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Incarcerated people and their advocates are asking the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections to reconsider COVID-19 restrictions that affect quality of life.
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Centre County Stays at Low COVID-19 Community Level; More Pa. Counties Move to Medium and High
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Centre County remains at the “low” community level for COVID-19 for the 10th consecutive week, according to the Centers for Disease Control’s latest weekly update. Statewide, 46 of Pennsylvania’s 67 counties are at the low level. Thirteen are at the medium level, six more than last week and eight are at the high level, four…
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Luminary Event Honors Mount Nittany Health Employees’ Resilience Throughout COVID-19 Pandemic
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Mount Nittany Health honored their healthcare workers who braved the daily challenges of COVID-19 for the last two years with a special event called “Luminary Reflection: An Evening of Recognition, Remembrance, Gratitude and Hope” held on Monday at the medical center’s healing garden. More than 1,000 paper luminaries were lit throughout the leaf-shaped garden as…