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HAL/Giant Pharmacy Vaccine Clinic

Stop by the Hellertown Area Library Monday, Oct. 26 and get a flu shot while you browse for books. Giant Pharmacy staff will be on site from 10 a.m. to […]

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Giant Pharmacies Now Offering Updated COVID Vaccines

The Giant Company announced Tuesday that its in-store pharmacies are now offering the updated 2024-2025 COVID-19 vaccines, including Moderna's Spikevax and Pfizer's Comirnaty.

Giant Now Offering 2024-25 Flu Season Shots

Giant supermarket pharmacies are now offering flu shots for the 2024-2025 cold and flu season.

Northampton Co.’s COVID Sites to Close After 4 Years

The county's vaccination site at LVPG Internal Medicine-Pine Street, 325 Pine St., Easton, and walk-in testing sites at Bangor ExpressCARE, Bethlehem Township ExpressCARE and Palmer Township ExpressCARE, all played a "pivotal role" in helping to keep county residents safe, a May 24 county news release noted.

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St. Luke’s Pediatricians Ask Parents to Keep Vaccinations Current

The recent reappearance of polio in some communities in the Northeast serves as an important reminder to parents to keep up with their child’s vaccinations--especially with a new school year now under way.

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Flu Shots Available at Giant Pharmacies

If you plan to get a flu shot this year, you should know that they are now available at a local supermarket chain's in-store pharmacies.

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After Surviving COVID, Singers Credit God, Hospital for Recovery

Eric Ziegmont and his fiancé, Michele Scribbick, started experiencing symptoms of COVID soon after they performed with their band, Sapphire, in early September 2021. Scribbick recovered, but Ziegmont's illness landed him in Geisinger St. Luke's Hospital in critical condition for weeks. Neither Ziegmont nor Scribbick had been vaccinated against COVID before getting sick, but that has changed since then.

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Omicron Variant of COVID-19 Confirmed in Lehigh Valley Cases

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.

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St. Luke’s Moves to Restrict Visitation Because of Covid ‘Surge’

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."

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Northampton Co.’s COVID Cases Spike to Highest Level in 11 Months

For each of the past four days, the number of new COVID cases reported by county officials has surpassed 300, and the rolling seven-day average stands at 241 cases per day. The last time that statistic was so high was in early January of this year, near the peak of the pandemic's second--and so far, worst--wave.