Here are the Lehigh Valley’s top 25 growing occupations and industries
Updated Mar 02, 2021;
The Lehigh Valley is coming off a challenging year in jobs, with unemployment reaching 16.7% last April before dipping down and holding steady for the final three months of the year.
The unemployment rate remains higher than it was before the coronavirus pandemic, which means there are still people looking for work.
And Lehigh Valley employers are continuing to look for workers by the thousands.
Which occupants and industries are growing the fastest? What employers are doing the most hiring, and what job certifications are most in demand?
Cassandra Szklarski March 01, 2021 - 8:46 AM
TORONTO - Alongside the headline-grabbing race for a COVID-19 vaccine, the hunt for effective treatments has unfolded with its own share of flameouts and triumphs.
Thanks to large randomized trials in the United Kingdom and elsewhere, administering steroids to patients with moderate or severe illness has become part of standard care, but clinicians say few other tools have emerged.
The best known COVID-19 drug is likely dexamethasone, a corticosteroid with anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressant effects for hospitalized patients who need help breathing.
But while that drug is credited with helping efforts to bring down hospital mortality rates, credit also goes to discoveries about what does not work against the novel coronavirus â thereby ensuring people get appropriate care.
COVID-19: Doctors, caregivers push for in-home vaccinations for housebound seniors
Specific details about where and how Ontario will administer shots were absent when retired Gen. Rick Hillier outlined the rollout earlier this week
Feb 26, 2021 8:19 AM By: Canadian Press
TORONTO At age 86, diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease and prone to falls, John Bedborough would seem to be at the front of the line amid high-risk Canadians prioritized for a COVID-19 vaccine.
But it’s those frailties that make it unlikely he’ll be able to visit a mass vaccination site, doctor’s office, pharmacy, or any other locale expected to administer doses when Ontario begins its community rollout mid-March, says his daughter, Diane Tamblyn.