Calls for Budget Funding, Works to Raise Awareness
HYDE PARK, NY With this year’s Executive Budget Proposal including no funding expressly dedicated to combating the spread of Lyme and tick-borne diseases (TBDs), (TBDs), Senator Sue Serino today brought lawmakers, researchers, and advocates from across the state together at a virtual press conference to put a spotlight on the need to invest in research, education and prevention initiatives. The coalition is asking the state to commit at least $1.5 million to the cause in the final enacted State Budget.
At the event, Serino pointed to the fact that after years of fighting for acknowledgement, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recently updated its reporting measures and now estimates that approximately 476,000 Americans are diagnosed and treated for Lyme disease each year, a significant increase from their previous estimate of approximately 300,000. Serino argues that with New Yorkers sp
Adams County Republicans Censure Toomey.
(Gettysburg) The Adams County Republican Committee of Pennsylvania released a statement Sunday saying it condemns, in the strongest terms, the actions of Senator Pat Toomey for his failure to defend the Constitution and the freedoms it guarantees.
The censure follows Toomey s decision to vote to convict former President Trump related to January s violent attack on the US Capitol.
The Chairman of the Adams County Republican Committee of Pennsylvania will submit copies of this resolution to Senator Pat Toomey, the Pennsylvania Republican State Committee, Senator Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, and Republican Members of the Pennsylvania Congressional delegation.
Mar 1, 2021 All Migrant Families Released from Berks Family Residential Center
(Bern Township, PA) U.S. Senator Bob Casey is confirming that all the migrant families being held at the Berks Family Residential Center have been released. Senator Casey made the announcement yesterday, stating that the remaining individuals inside the facility in Bern Township were released this past Friday. Casey says he will be working towards closing the center for good to protect future migrant families and children. Tower Health Closes COVID-19 Testing Site in Reading
(Reading, PA) A COVID-19 testing site in Reading is now closed. Tower Health announced this past Friday that it closed the testing site located at the urgent care on Liggett Avenue. Officials say another testing site located at the Gilbertsville urgent care center in Douglass Township, Montgomery County is going to be open longer from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. beginning today.
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