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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.
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Pennsylvania House Majority Leader Kerry Benninghoff said in a statement Monday that he tested positive for COVID-19.
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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.
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The Pennsylvania Department of Health said last week it started adding the reinfection case numbers first in Philadelphia then for the other 66 counties.
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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.
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Mitigation measures like physical isolation and remote schooling have created stress, leading to increased mental health issues among children and adolescents. Mental health professionals talk about how to cope.
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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.
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Several Central and Northern Pennsylvania counties are seeing an increase in COVID-19 cases.
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Hospital bed capacity at Mount Nittany Medical Center in State College is under "unprecedented" strain, hospital officials said in a release Thursday.