Coronavirus Pandemic

Montgomery County will soon accept appointments for a third dose of the Moderna or Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for immunocompromised individuals.

The Black Doctors group will be giving vaccinations this weekend and those who get them will be eligible to win free tickets to Made in America.

A week after a raucous work session featuring altercations among parents, the board in Montco’s largest district voted unanimously to require masking.

Sens. Angus King of Maine, Roger Wicker of Mississippi, and John Hickenlooper of Colorado all said they have tested positive for COVID-19 despite being vaccinated.

Hundreds of thousands of nursing home workers are not vaccinated, according to federal data, despite those facilities bearing the brunt of the early COVID-19 outbreak.

The city’s acting health commissioner said existing providers would be tapped to distribute third vaccine doses once CDC guidelines are finalized.

The Pennsylvania State Education Association cited the threat of the highly contagious delta variant of the coronavirus, which is spiking infections and hospitalizations.

The plan, as outlined by the CDC and other top authorities, calls for an extra dose eight months after people get their second shot of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine.

A group of school nurses urges parents to model good mask-wearing behavior, as required for Delaware students, teachers, and staff this fall.

The event is the first of its kind for the school district, but arrives after months of partnering with CHOP to organize other vaccination clinics around the city.

Despite Gov. Phil Murphy’s ‘unequivocal’ decision that school be in-person with no virtual option, a group of N.J. parents are asking him to change his mind.

The Bucks County Health Department said it was changing course because local hospitals said any pediatric COVID-19 cases could stress the system.

The New Jersey Marathon and Half Marathon were scheduled to be held in and around Long Branch on Oct. 16 and 17.

School districts will have to opt in, and parents must give consent to the weekly classroom testing.

With school scheduled to open in two weeks, the local teachers union’s president Jerry Jordan called the delay “simply absurd.”