The number of COVID-19 cases reported in Pennsylvania increased by more than 10,000 Friday, according to the state Department of Health, the biggest one-day increase in coronavirus cases Pennsylvania has seen since Jan. 8. The number of inpatients at Mount Nittany Health reached 59 on Friday.

Penn State announced details this week on how it plans to enforce President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal contractors.

Katriona Shea, an Alumni Professor in the biological sciences at Penn State, is co-leader of a national team that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Known as the COVID-19 Scenario Modeling Hub Coordination Team, it brings together researchers from institutions across the United States to offer projections on the pandemic. Shea spoke with WPSU about how scientific modeling works, how it can be used when dealing with pandemics and the Omicron variant.

K-12 schools in Pennsylvania can sign up for free COVID-19 testing through a program the state is offering. One superintendent of a rural northern district said so far it’s working out well.

The Pennsylvania Department of Health said last week it started adding the reinfection case numbers first in Philadelphia then for the other 66 counties.

All Penn State employees at all locations are required to meet a COVID-19 vaccination requirement either under the federal contractor mandate or the Occupational Safety and Health Administration mandate issued by the Biden Administration, the university said in a statement Thursday.

Computer chip shortages, rising prices for some groceries, and a run on bicycles. Reports of supply chain disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic fill the news. To help make sense of what's happening and what to expect, Anne Danahy talked with Brent Moritz, an associate professor of supply chain management in Penn State's Smeal College of Business. He's also a faculty affiliate of the Laboratory for Economics, Management and Auctions, and the Center for Supply Chain Research at Penn State. And he has held positions in manufacturing operations and supply chain management, including in Mexico, England and Germany.

This week, Centre Volunteers in Medicine is hosting its first three COVID-19 vaccine clinics for kids ages 5-11 to get the Pfizer shot.

Computer chip shortages, rising prices for some groceries, and a run on bicycles — reports of supply chain disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic fill the news. To try to understand what this means for central Pennsylvania, WPSU’s Anne Danahy talked with Brent Moritz, an associate professor of supply chain management in Penn State’s Smeal College of Business.