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York County logged four new COVID-19 deaths and 275 new cases Friday as schools pass 3,500 cases this school year to date.

WellSpan Health and Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health are among the healthcare systems delaying certain procedures due to the rise in COVID-19 hospitalizations.

A week after expanding visitation to COVID-19 patients, Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health paused elective surgeries because of rising hospitalizations.

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WellSpan Health, which operates in Pennsylvania eight hospitals — including WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital — and employs about 20,000 people, is implementing the federal COVID-19 vaccine mandate for its workers.

COVID-19 is adding stress to Pennsylvania’s underfunded behavioral health care system.

During a press conference announcing a new statewide study on breakthrough COVID-19 cases in Pennsylvania last week, Acting Health Sec. Alison Beam presented the data as an accurate assessment on

Dr. Shubhra Ray was acquitted on Thursday of a charge of aggravated indecent assault and two counts of indecent assault in less than one hour.

Lancaster County had the 11th-highest per-capita rate of new COVID-19 cases over seven days among Pennsylvania’s 67 counties, according to federal data, as community transmission of the coronavirus continues to

In Plain community newspapers, the obituaries for Amish and Old Order Mennonites rose during the pandemic, just as they did in other communities