Coronavirus Pandemic

The governor’s office announced Murphy’s positive test Thursday afternoon and said he was asymptomatic.

Murphy is currently asymptomatic and feeling well, and will cancel in-person events and isolate for the next five days.

The array of issues is tied to the coronavirus public health emergency first declared more than two years ago and periodically renewed since then.

The board members voted in August to mandate masks after Pa.’s state of emergency ended. A parent filed for their removal. The district didn’t respond.

Testing sites have had to turn people away now that they can’t bill the federal government. Vaccinators are bracing for a similar fate.

Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, was in Princeton, New Jersey on Thursday.

The measure passed in both houses of the state Legislature. Now it heads to Gov. Phil Murphy’s desk.

Moderna said in the coming weeks it would ask regulators in the U.S. and Europe to authorize two small-dose shots for youngsters under 6.

Psaki tweeted that she took a test in preparation for Wednesday’s trip and it came back positive.

Congress’s decision to exclude funding for coronavirus testing, vaccine and treatment in its government spending bill goes into effect Tuesday.

In Pennsylvania, a growing number of divorced parents are taking their COVID vaccine disputes to court.

The request Thursday is broader than rival pharmaceutical company Pfizer’s request earlier this week for the regulator to approve a booster shot for all seniors.

The White House has warned it will run out of money to cover COVID-19 tests, treatments, and vaccines unless Congress approves additional spending.

We’re more cautious about people and places after the last 24 months. And for better or worse, some changes we’ve made seem likely to stick.

Drugmaker Pfizer is expected to request authorization this week for an additional COVID-19 booster dose for seniors, according to a person familiar with the matter.