Rachel Levine

Penn Medicine's frontline workers receive the first round of COVID-19 vaccines on Dec. 16, 2020.

Pa. Coronavirus Update: With Holidays Over, Vaccination Effort Expected To Ramp Up

Miles Bryan

After weeks of record high coronavirus case numbers, the pandemic in Pennsylvania is finally starting to ebb — but the commonwealth isn’t out of the woods…

In this Nov. 11, 2020, file photo, a medical worker operates a testing tent at a COVID-19 mobile testing site in the Brooklyn borough of New York.

Medicine and Health

Pa. Coronavirus Update: More People Hospitalized Now Than During Spring Peak

Miles Bryan

Pennsylvania is reporting 9,797 new COVID-19 cases and 107 deaths for Sunday and Monday. That brings the statewide case total to 361,464, and the death…

Outside of Mount Nittany Medical Center showing sign.

Medicine and Health

First Patient Hospitalized At Mount Nittany In Centre County For COVID-19

Anne Danahy

A patient with COVID-19 is being cared for at Mount Nittany Medical Center in Centre County, the first at the hospital, according to a news release.The…

Medicine and Health

Mount Nittany Health Says Outpatient Employee Tests Positive For COVID-19

Anne Danahy

An employee at one of Mount Nittany Health’s outpatient practices has tested positive for COVID-19, the health care system said Friday.Mount Nittany did…

Tricia Stouch fights stigma by talking to groups about her daughter Pamela's addiction. She gave one of these talks recently at Schlow Centre Region Library in State College through the Share Your Opioid Story project.

Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Addiction

Overcoming An Epidemic: Opioids In Pennsylvania -- Episode 1, Stigma

Emily Reddy

Researchers agree that addiction is a disease. In this episode of Overcoming an Epidemic: Opioids in Pennsylvania, we'll look at how personal stories are…