Pennsylvania received $7.3 billion in state and local pandemic relief funding from the American Rescue Plan Act and had spent more than $5.6 billion as of March.

Mel Curtis organizes food distributions for students, veterans and the general public throughout Centre County, Pennsylvania. We discuss Curtis’ efforts to help those facing hunger, how hunger has been exacerbated by COVID-19 and the effects of inflation on the program.

Like most high school students, Aneaus Smith has been navigating classes and life as the COVID-19 pandemic continues. A student in the State College Area School District's Delta Program, he recorded his thoughts about the pandemic over the past year for an audio diary of what it's been like.

Bellefonte Bread Baker and Acadian Consignment both launched in Centre County during the pandemic offering zero-contact services.

The family of Colten Brown, a Penn State graduate who died from COVID-19 in 2021, starts a foundation awarding scholarships to Penn State Behrend students in Brown's honor.

Masking will be required on Penn State’s University Park campus starting Tuesday, the university announced Friday. The State College Area School District announced Thursday it was reinstating its masking requirements.

WPSU spoke with Matthew Ferrari, director of Penn State’s Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, about the current increase in COVID-19 cases, how to understand the data and steps we can continue to take in response.

Pennsylvania is seeing an upswing in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, likely due to several factors, according to a Penn State infectious disease expert.

More than one thousand paper luminarias decorated Mount Nittany Medical Center’s healing garden Monday evening, during an event to honor healthcare workers who have worked throughout the pandemic.

Two years after the coronavirus hit the United States, Pennsylvania residents reflect on the effects of the pandemic on their lives.