Coronavirus Pandemic

A federal advisory committee voted to put adults 75 and over and frontline essential workers next in line for COVID-19 vaccines.

Historians, public health experts, and grassroots activists told us these 2020 themes were most significant and will most clearly shape what the road ahead holds for Pa.

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In a virtual town hall for kids on CNN, Dr. Anthony Fauci said he made a trip to the North Pole to get Santa vaccinated for COVID-19. "He is good to go."

Once alcohol starts flowing, COVID mitigation rules often go out the window, staffers said.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued an advisory declaring “postponing travel and staying home is the best way to protect yourself and others from COVID."

Families are getting put out on the street despite an order to block evictions from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Advocates say the order needs to be extende

Public health experts say the shots — and others in the pipeline — are the only way to stop a virus that has been spreading wildly.

Delaware is slated to receive almost 20,000 doses of the two-shot coronavirus vaccine this week. But it won’t be enough for everyone.

Every state except New York and New Jersey responded to AP’s public records request by providing a detailed breakdown of the spending and suppliers.

For many people, this is the first year they'll spend holidays and other milestones apart from family due to COVID-19. That's something international students know all about.

In part, the state spent so much money on face shields because that’s what was available amid the national rush to find medical equipment, officials said.

Pa. tenants and homeowners missed out on roughly $108M of $175M in federal coronavirus relief because state programs distributing the funding made it too hard to access.

Lawmakers on both sides said a provision by Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., that would curb emergency Federal Reserve powers was the sticking point.

"I failed. I'm adjusting. I am fixing and we will move forward from there," Gen. Gustave Perna told reporters in a telephone briefing.