COVID-19 variant

A a technician sitting above a manhole next to a red cone installs a flow meter into the university's sewage network.

State College COVID-19 wastewater data is now available on CDC website

Casey Zanowic

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.

Penn State students gather in the university's HUB-Robeson Center

Penn State students talk about returning to in-person learning during the January COVID surge, and how things are going now

Deitric Murphy

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

Take Note: Infectious disease expert Andrew Read on why omicron doesn't mean COVID-19 is evolving to be less severe

Min Xian

Andrew Read talked with us about the latest findings on the omicron variant and why it’s so difficult to predict how viruses evolve.

Signage for a COVID-19 collection site in State College, Pa.

Medicine and Health

Penn State, Local Leaders Worried As COVID-19 Cases Tick Up, More Infectious Variant Detected

Min Xian

In a livestream Friday, leaders at Penn State and from the surrounding community voiced concerns about the recent uptick in coronavirus cases and a new,…