WASHINGTON (AP) — The government outlined a sweeping plan Wednesday to make vaccines for COVID-19 available for free to all Americans, assuming a safe and effective shot is developed, even as top health officials faced questions about political interference with virus information reaching the ...

NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s confirmed coronavirus infections passed 5 million on Wednesday, still soaring and testing the feeble health care system in tens of thousands of impoverished towns and villages. The world’s second-most populous country has added more than 1 million cases this ...

No new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Clinton County and Centre saw a significant decrease in new cases on Wednesday, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. Since the outbreak first began there have been 176 total cases of COVID-19 in Clinton County, the department of health ...

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania House on Tuesday passed a bill that would prevent governors from applying their disease control powers to shut down gatherings at churches or other houses of worship. The chamber voted 149 to 53 for the proposal, which the Democratic leader called a solution in ...

WINGATE — A Centre County school has its first case of COVID-19. On Sunday, Bald Eagle Area superintendent Scott V. Graham announced on the Bald Eagle Area Facebook page that an adult in the district had tested positive. The announcement read: “We have had our first confirmed COVID-19 ...

Gov. Tom Wolf’’s administration said Monday it will appeal a federal judge’s ruling that pandemic restrictions that required people to stay at home, placed size limits on gatherings and ordered “non-life-sustaining” businesses to shut down are unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge ...

BELLEFONTE — The numbers continue to roll in and for Centre County, things are not looking good. On Monday, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf and Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine released a weekly status update detailing the state’s mitigation efforts based on the COVID-19 Early Warning ...

BELLEFONTE — Centre County’s COVID-19 numbers continue to climb. Centre County added 102 cases over the past two days. The county now has 1,237 cases of the deadly virus. Lycoming County added three cases and Clinton County added one on Tuesday. The Pennsylvania Department of Health is no ...

As COVID-19 swept through the South, Mel Prince watched with alarm as some of the HIV positive patients she helps in the rural Black Belt stopped showing up for lab tests and doctor’s visits. Some fell back into drug and alcohol abuse. Others feared the AIDS virus made them more vulnerable ...

A drug company says that adding an anti-inflammatory medicine to a drug already widely used for hospitalized COVID-19 patients shortens their time to recovery by an additional day. Eli Lilly announced the results Monday from a 1,000-person study sponsored by the U.S. National Institute of ...

(Editor’s note: The Pennsylvania Department of Health no longer provides COVID-19 updates on Sundays. Monday’s report will include data for Sunday and Monday. Visit www.lockhaven.com for updated numbers today). BELLEFONTE — COVID-19 cases continue to climb in Centre County. On ...

WILLIAMSPORT — Dr. Daniel Glunk, UPMC Susquehanna Region chief quality officer, alongside his colleagues have been working tirelessly to maintain contact tracing procedures in UPMC communities including UPMC Williamsport Hospital. “The pandemic is here to stay,”Glunk said. “We are ...

BELLEFONTE — Centre County’s COVID-19 numbers continue to skyrocket. It has been a record-breaking week for the county, but not in a good way. On Friday, the Pennsylvania Department of Health added 137 cases to Centre County’s count. That pushed the county past the 1,000-case mark. ...

MILL HALL — The future of spectators at scholastic sporting events continues to be the center of attention at schools throughout the state. At Thursday night’s Keystone Central school board meeting, one concerned parent spoke up and addressed the board. Tina Eisenhower, the mother of a ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Children who caught the coronavirus at day cares and a day camp spread it to their relatives, according to a new report that underscores that kids can bring the germ home and infect others. Scientists already know children can spread the virus. But the study published Friday ...

BELLEFONTE — For small businesses in Centre County, it’s deadline day. Earlier this week, the Centre County Board of Commissioners encouraged local small businesses to apply for the COVID-19 Relief Block Grant program before the application deadline, which is set for 5 p.m. today. Mary ...

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Rachel Spray is still grieving the loss of her fellow nurse who died after being exposed to the novel coronavirus at Kaiser Permanente Fresno Medical Center in California. Now, as she stands in front of the gleaming glass and concrete hospital, she says she “dreads ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats scuttled a scaled-back GOP coronavirus rescue package on Thursday as the parties argued to a standstill over the size and scope of the aid, likely ending hopes for coronavirus relief before the November election. The mostly party-line vote capped weeks of ...

NEW DELHI (AP) — India reported another record spike of 95,735 new coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours as the virus spreads beyond its major cities. According to the Health Ministry, the number of people known to be infected in India reached 4,465,863 on Thursday. It has the ...

BELLEFONTE — In Centre County, COVID-19 cases are rising quickly. A day after Centre County was one of 11 counties added to Gov. Tom Wolf’s “watch” list for COVID-19, the county added 184 cases to its total on Wednesday. Centre County now has 870 cases. Of the 184 cases added on ...