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The Pennsylvania Department of Health has announced changes to its face mask mandate to reflect new guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, but the relaxed restrictions only benefit individuals who are already fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and come amid a rise in new case numbers in parts of the Commonwealth.
Shot-Line, St. Luke’s over-the-phone vaccination scheduling system, is now available in Spanish to help facilitate and expedite outreach to Spanish speakers who have yet to register for a COVID vaccine appointment.
As distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine continues across Pennsylvania, Gov. Tom Wolf announced Monday that restrictions on restaurants and other businesses will ease beginning in April.
The number 13 is considered unlucky by some, but the number 13,000 won’t be to the 13,000 area residents who will receive the COVID-19 vaccine this week courtesy of St. Luke’s University Health Network.
The world outside became a near-ghost town on March 11, 2020, as COVID lockdowns began. Life has since returned, but not the same life that existed before. Eric Bartosz says instead of trying to get back to that reality we should think about a ‘new’ normal, a year after ‘The Day That Changed Everything.’
At the Promenade Shops at Saucon Valley, families will be able to visit and have photos taken with the Easter Bunny–while maintaining social distance–beginning Saturday, March 20.
Pennsylvania’s former top health official at her Senate confirmation hearing Thursday faced a tirade from a Republican senator about gender-affirmation surgery for minors, as well as criticism about the state’s response to the pandemic.
The Department of Health recently launched Your Turn, the newest tool designed to help Pennsylvanians determine their vaccine eligibility status.
More than 100 area children were recently able to buy warm coats, hats and other winter apparel at Target in Allentown thanks to St. Luke’s University Health Network’s annual “Coats for Kids” campaign.
The Saucon Valley School District is closely monitoring the number of new COVID-19 cases in two of its schools, Superintendent Dr. Craig Butler told parents in an email Tuesday.