Min Xian
Former WPSU ReporterMin Xian reported at WPSU from 2016-2022. She covered news that affected 13 counties in Central and Northern Pennsylvania, including many issues facing rural communities like broadband, healthcare access and changing economies. Her work included collaborations with other Pennsylvania public radio stations, including an investigative series on the commonwealth's lack of funding for public defenders and a project about the 2020 Elections with a focus on community engagement that won a Regional Murrow Award.
Min was an Early Career Fellow for NPR's Next Generation Radio in 2018 and taught multimedia storytelling for the Keystone Multimedia Workshop for two years.
Min is a 2017 graduate of Penn State. She's embraced Pennsylvania winters as well as a Cantonese can.
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The State of New York gives hospital and nursing home employees until Sept. 27 to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or face termination. That could impact access to healthcare for some residents in the City of Bradford and McKean County, which are served by nearby Olean General Hospital in Southern New York. -
Hospitals across the region are treating higher numbers of COVID-19 patients in recent months. Healthcare providers say most of the hospitalizations are among people who are unvaccinated. -
Like many counties, Warren County is seeing an increase in COVID-19 cases with the school year beginning this month. -
A research paper published in 2015 showed vaccines could enable more deadly variants of a virus to spread among chickens. Penn State researcher Dr. Andrew Read says the paper has gone viral in recent weeks because readers are misunderstanding it. -
Centre Care in College Township said it’s on track to meet President Biden’s goal to vaccinate all staff working at nursing homes that receive Medicare or Medicaid funding by early October. -
Eighty percent of Penn State University Park students have provided proof of their COVID-19 vaccination. Some say that should be a reason to end the indoor masking requirement. -
Penn State said it still won’t mandate vaccinations after the Food and Drug Administration officially approved the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine Monday. -
The Mountaintop Area Medical Center in Snow Shoe Township will close at the end of August. -
The Borough of State College says it's planning to request a recount because the 2020 Census undercounted its population due to pandemic challenges. -
The State College Borough Council unanimously approved an ordinance Monday to establish a Community Oversight Board for its police department and voted to…
