COVID-19

A staffing company that performed COVID-19 contact tracing for Pennsylvania and exposed the private medical information of about 72,000 residents will pay $2.7 million in a settlement with the U.S. Justice Department and a whistleblower.

Data from Penn State researchers COVID-19 wastewater monitoring program in Centre County is now available on the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Wastewater Surveillance System (NWSS) website.

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.

Centre Care in College Township held a Memorial Day service Wednesday in rememberance of its own lost in combat and due to COVID-19.

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

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

Penn State students discuss their feelings about the university's decision to return to the semester in-person despite surges in coronavirus cases.

Tom Charles, executive vice president of Mount Nittany Health, spoke to the Centre County Board of Commissioners Tuesday, describing the "incredibly difficulty circumstances" the hospital and its staff are working under as COVID-19 hospitalizations continue.

Mount Nittany Medical Center in State College said it is facing challenges in capacity that it has not experienced since the pandemic began.

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.