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St. Luke’s University Health Network officials said they are awaiting preliminary data on human studies before strongly endorsing a new COVID-19 booster vaccine made by Pfizer and Moderna. The new booster–which has already received FDA approval–contains components of the original strain of the COVID-19 virus as well as the newer BA4 and BA5 omicrons strains.
As COVID-19 case counts soar to record levels on the wings of the highly-transmissable Omicron variant, local health network officials are asking school districts to keep kids masked in classrooms following the holidays. However, at least one local district is poised to end its mask mandate shortly after students return from the Christmas break.
Officials with St. Luke’s University Health Network announced Thursday that the Omicron variant of COVID-19 has been confirmed in two cases in the Lehigh Valley.
St. Luke’s University Health Network announced Wednesday that it has “updated its hospital visitor policy in response to a dramatic, ongoing surge in Covid-19 cases caused by patients who contracted the virus after refusing to be vaccinated.”
If you’re looking forward to getting out and enjoying nature this fall and you’re unvaccinated against COVID-19, state officials hope you’ll consider getting a jab before or after you walk, jog, hike or kayak through one of five state parks where free vaccination clinics are now scheduled.
As the highly-transmissable Delta variant’s spread has coupled with falling vaccination rates, COVID-19 statistics around the U.S. and in Pennsylvania have taken a turn for the worse in recent weeks. And in Northampton County, where a key indicator of the virus’ spread has placed it at a Very High risk level, the numbers may be particularly troubling.
It might not be correct to say face masks are back in style in Northampton County, but like it or not, wearing them is once again a requirement in all county buildings.
The three major health care providers in the Lehigh Valley are banding together to make a statement about the COVID-19 vaccine’s efficacy by requiring all of their employees to be vaccinated.
Michele Grida recently paid a return visit to St. Luke’s Upper Bucks hospital, buoyed by a renewed sense of gratitude and purpose. It was the one-year anniversary of her fever-induced collapse and emergency admission to the ICU with a near-fatal case of COVID.
The ballot questions were widely seen as a referendum on Governor Tom Wolf’s administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic in Pennsylvania.