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Strike team members will be deployed to Pennsylvania for 30 days.

“We thank York County residents for their patience throughout this often frustrating process,” York County President Commissioner Julie Wheeler said. “We’re hopeful that as more vaccine becomes available in the next few weeks from the federal and state governments, we can significantly increase the number of people getting vaccinated in York County.” The website is a collaboration of the county commissioners, York County planning commission, York County Office of Emergency Management ...

Since Pennsylvania received its first doses of the coronavirus vaccine in December, health executives have called on the state to create a centralized registration portal to help people schedule COVID-19 vaccine appointments.  Yet, the Department of Health stands firm in its opposition to this idea, claiming that it would not solve the primary challenge faced by Pennsylvania right now, which is a limited supply of the vaccine.  Department of Health Senior Adviser Lindsey Mauldin said that th...

These individuals have been added to the first priority group for vaccine distribution under new federal recommendations.

Have you received the COVID-19 vaccine? In Pennsylvania, 373,529 doses of the vaccine have been administered as of Jan. 13, according to the state Department of Health, not including vaccines administered at CVS as part of the Federal Pharmacy Partnership. Of those:  52,125 people that have received two doses (fully covered). In the United States, 29,380,125 total doses have been distributed as of Jan. 12, but only about one-third, or 10,278,462, have received the first dose. Heres what we...

COVID testing in Franklin County and vaccine distribution has begun. Here is what you need to know, and how to go about getting vaccinated.

As the COVID vaccine has been issued, questions abound as to access, cost, procedures and dosage usage. Those questions are answered here.

Before her 1-year-old son contracted the novel coronavirus, Brittany Rasnake was already behind on bills. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Rasnake said, she left her factory job to take care of him when his daycare closed. She went on unemployment. Eventually, she said, she was able to pay her rent for October and November. With doctor’s orders to quarantine, that meant she’d have to miss time from her new job at a feed mill in East Berlin. “I was basically playing catch-up on everything,...

March 19: First cases in Adams, Lancaster and Lebanon counties March 19: Gov. Wolf announces that all "non-life-sustaining" businesses in Pennsylvania must close their physical locations. Businesses could request waivers to stay open. Enforcement was set to begin at 8 a.m. March 23. March 20: First case in Franklin County March 22: First case in Dauphin County March 22: Pennsylvania residents get their first taste of the terms quarantine, isolation, social distancing and shelter in place. Find ...

EMS workers. Healthcare workers outside hospitals. Long-term care residents. They are all part of the first phase. And after that, people over 75 who don’t live in a nursing facility and essential workers are part of the next phase. She said at a news conference Wednesday that new guidelines were released Tuesday that break down who will be in the next phase for vaccinations. It’s a large group. Levine doesn’t know when that group – 1B – will begin to receive the vaccination, and she ...