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PA Health Secretary Resigning At End Of Year PA Health Secretary Resigning At End Of Year
PA Health Secretary Resigning At End Of Year Pennsylvania's acting Health Secretary Alison Beam will step down at the end of the year, according to a release by Gov. Tom Wolf's administration. "I am proud to have worked with Acting Secretary Beam over the past several years, and the commonwealth has been fortunate to have had the benefit of her leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic – especially as the Department of Health oversaw a massive vaccine roll-out over the course of the past year," Gov. Wolf said in the statement. "Thank you to Governor Wolf, his leadership team, and the incredibly dedicated Department of Health employees,"…

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by Jillian Pikora
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COVID Vaccine Requirement For Philadelphia Bars, Restaurants Coming Jan. 3 COVID Vaccine Requirement For Philadelphia Bars, Restaurants Coming Jan. 3
COVID Vaccine Requirement For Philadelphia Bars, Restaurants Coming Jan. 3 A COVID-19 vaccine requirement for bars and restaurants in Philadelphia will take effect early next year, city officials announced. Establishments where customers can sit and eat or drink must require proof of vaccine for entry beginning Jan. 3, 2022. Employees and children ages 5 years and 3 months through 11 years old will be required to have one dose of COVID vaccine by Jan. 3 and to complete their vaccine series by Feb. 3. For the first two weeks of this mandate, these establishments may choose to accept proof of a negative COVID-19 test within 24 hours of entry for people who are not …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Feds: Price-Gouging Mahwah Company Admits Giving ‘Mask Up’ New Meaning Feds: Price-Gouging Mahwah Company Admits Giving ‘Mask Up’ New Meaning
Feds: Price-Gouging Mahwah Company Admits Giving ‘Mask Up’ New Meaning Representatives of a Mahwah-based company admitted selling N95 protective masks at a 400% markup to a grocery store chain at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, federal authorities said. TSC Agency and two partners bought 250,000 of the filtering facepiece respirators at $1.09 apiece mask from a foreign manufacturer in mid-March 2020, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael Honig said. TSC then sold 100,000 of the masks to the unidentified chain for $5.25 each, violating federal price-gouging laws, she said. The logistics company – located on Lethbridge Plaza off southbound Route 17 near the S…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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'It Was Family': Patrons Lament Closing Of Popular PA Diner After 50 Years 'It Was Family': Patrons Lament Closing Of Popular PA Diner After 50 Years
'It Was Family': Patrons Lament Closing Of Popular PA Diner After 50 Years A popular Central PA diner is closing its doors after 50 years in business. The Cross Keys Diner's last day in business will be Dec. 12. Angie and Nick Barakos purchased the diner after moving to the US from Greece, WGAL reports. The diner survived COVID-19, even though it closed twice. The hotel business suffered and banquets. were "next to non existent," one worker wrote on Facebook. The rumor is true! Cross Keys is closing their doors for good on December 12, 2021. Back in October of 2006, when my... Posted by Cross Keys Diner on Sunday, November 28, 2021 "It is a typically fam…

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by Cecilia Levine
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COVID-19: Baltimore Offering $1,000 To City Employees Who Get Vaccine COVID-19: Baltimore Offering $1,000 To City Employees Who Get Vaccine
Covid-19: Baltimore Offering $1,000 To City Employees Who Get Vaccine Baltimore is offering a one-time payment of $1,000 to city employees who get fully vaccinated against COVID-19, officials announced.  The funds to pay for the incentive program will come from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), and it will last through Jan. 14, 2022.  “This incentive is about doing everything in our power to protect our employees and our residents. We are still in a pandemic. People are still losing their lives and getting seriously ill because they are not vaccinated,” said Mayor Brandon M. Scott. It's already mandatory for City employees to get the COVID-19 vac…

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by Joe Gomez
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Tigers With COVID-19 In PA Zoo Show Symptoms Tigers With COVID-19 In PA Zoo Show Symptoms
Tigers With Covid-19 In PA Zoo Show Symptoms Early signs of COVID-19 came with cough not a roar for two tigers at a Pennsylvania zoo who have since tested positive for the virus, according to a release by the zoo. A rapid antigen test revealed that two tigers at the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium are positive for COVID-19, according to the release.  In addition to a cough, both tigers have loose stools, but "have otherwise been in good condition," zoo officials stated in the release.  Voluntary nasal swabs were gathered from the big cats, providing the initial results and PCR testing of fecal matter has been submitted fo…

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by Jillian Pikora
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COVID-19: Record Highs Reported In PA, Delta Comprising 99.9% Of US Cases COVID-19: Record Highs Reported In PA, Delta Comprising 99.9% Of US Cases
Covid-19: Record Highs Reported In PA, Delta Comprising 99.9% Of US Cases COVID-19 cases are on the rise in Pennsylvania, where the number of daily cases surpassed 10,000 last Friday for the first time since last winter, according to a recent report by ABC News. Pennsylvania has some of the highest hospitalization rates due to the virus in the US, the outlet said. According to the state's vaccine dashboard, 35 percent of residents are not fully vaccinated and comprise the majority of hospitalized COVID patients (90 percent from Jan. 1 to Nov. 2), according to state and hospital data. Of the 86,000 COVID cases in the US, 99.9 percent are the delta variant, CDC d…

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by Cecilia Levine
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COVID-19: First Case Of Omicron Variant Reported In New Jersey COVID-19: First Case Of Omicron Variant Reported In New Jersey
Covid-19: First Case Of Omicron Variant Reported In New Jersey The first case of the new COVID-19 variant has been detected in New Jersey, state officials announced Friday. The woman, who is a fully vaccinated Georgia resident, had recently traveled to South Africa, Governor Phil Murphy and New Jersey Department of Health Commissioner Judy Persichilli said in a joint statement. The woman has been kept in isolation since she tested positive on Nov. 28. She had moderate symptoms and is now recovering after being treated in a North Jersey emergency department, officials said. Officials are awaiting the results of a sequencing report from The New Jer…

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by Nicole Acosta
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COVID-19: Philadelphia Resident Tests Positive For Omicron Variant COVID-19: Philadelphia Resident Tests Positive For Omicron Variant
Covid-19: Philadelphia Resident Tests Positive For Omicron Variant UPDATE (8:30 p.m.):  New Jersey officials announced the first detection of the Omicron variant in the state just hours after this report was published. CLICK HERE to read "COVID-19: First Case Of Omicron Variant Reported In New Jersey" *** (4:55 p.m.): A day after the first case of the new COVID-19 variant was identified in a Minnesota man who traveled to New York City, a Philadelphia resident has tested positive for the Omicron COVID-19 strain. The person is a man in his 30’s from Northwest Philadelphia, the city's health department announced Friday. It was unclear when he tes…

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by Nicole Acosta
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140 Inmates Test Positive For COVID-19 At York County Prison 140 Inmates Test Positive For COVID-19 At York County Prison
140 Inmates Test Positive For Covid-19 At York County Prison Over 140 male and female inmates have tested positive for COVID-19, according to York County Prison officials. All the infected inmates have been quarantined and movement inside the prison has been restricted-- only essential exits and entrances into the facility are authorized, officials say. This also means that the facility has stopped visitation for at least the next two weeks, authorities say. The lockdown began the day before Thanksgiving, York Dispatch reports citing county spokesperson Mark Walters. Those who tested positive must have two negative tests before they can rejoin th…

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by Jillian Pikora
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COVID-19: Man Who Went To NY Conference Tests Positive For Omicron Variant COVID-19: Man Who Went To NY Conference Tests Positive For Omicron Variant
Covid-19: Man Who Went To NY Conference Tests Positive For Omicron Variant A day after the first case of the new COVID-19 variant was identified in the United States, a man from the Midwest who attended a conference in New York City has tested positive for the Omicron COVID-19 strain. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced on Thursday, Dec. 2 that the Department of Health in Minnesota alerted her that a constituent tested positive for the variant after spending time at the conference held at the Javits Center in Manhattan. Earlier story - COVID-19: First Case Of New Omicron Variant Identified In United States Hochul noted that the person who contracted th…

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Multiple Covid Cases At Philly High School Force Students To Quarantine Multiple Covid Cases At Philly High School Force Students To Quarantine
Multiple Covid Cases At Philly High School Force Students To Quarantine Due to an increase in COVID cases, students at a Philadelphia high school are being quarantined for the remainder of the week, officials said. "Due to multiple positive cases of COVID-19 in the 11th grade, the Philadelphia Department of Public Health (PDPH) has determined that 11th-grade classrooms will temporarily close from December 2 to December 6 to allow for contact tracing," Northeast High School principal Omar Crowder said in a letter released Thursday. The students will move to virtual learning until Monday, Dec. 6, officials said. "Please know that the entire school…

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by Nicole Acosta