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A proposed constitutional amendment is the result of long-festering resentment by Republicans against Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf over his actions to control the coronavirus pandemic.
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact education and extracurricular activities in the Saucon Valley School District, with five additional cases confirmed and a high school athletic team quarantined this week as a result of them.
The first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have arrived in the Lehigh Valley. St. Luke’s University Health Network has announced that they plan on distributing the vaccine to the public free of charge.
In terms of local news, 2020 has been unprecedented. And from the COVID-19 pandemic to Black Lives Matters protests and related controversies; from deadly flash flooding to the turmoil of a historic presidential election, Saucon Source has been there not only to cover the news, but also to contextualize it for our readers.
With 5,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses safely tucked away at -70 degrees Farenheit, St. Luke’s University Health Network worked with urgency and diligence to vaccinate an estimated 2,000 health care workers through the weekend while preparing for an even larger shipment of vaccines this week.
State corrections officials say they are following the law in protecting medical information, but family members and advocates contend they could do more when inmates get sick or die.
St. Luke’s nurse Sonia Iparraguirre, RN, became the first individual to receive the new COVID-19 vaccine at St. Luke’s University Health Network Thursday afternoon.
Miller-Keystone Blood Center announced Monday that it has nearly exhausted its supply of convalescent plasma, which is the antibody-rich plasma used to treat critically ill COVID-19 patients. The regional blood bank is urging those who are recovering from the novel coronavirus to donate their convalescent plasma to help others.
St. Luke’s University Health Network will be among the initial group of hospitals in Pennsylvania to receive the recently-approved and much-anticipated COVID-19 vaccine in Phase 1a of the nationwide effort to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
For the second time in less than a week, Northampton County has reported more than 400 new cases of COVID-19. The 413 new cases confirmed Friday by the Pennsylvania Department of Health are also another record caseload for the county.