2020
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Luzerne County coronavirus hospitalizations and testing positivity rate rise again
Luzerne County s coronavirus cases, hospitalizations, patient ventilator use and testing positivity rate all rose this week, the state s weekly statistics update released Friday shows.
299 new virus cases countywide
After two consecutive days of record-shattering new cases, Luzerne County got a relative reprieve Friday when the state reported total new cases at 299 compared to 534 Thursday and 485 Wednesday. Ca
WB General, Geisinger begin administering vaccine to staff
WILKES-BARRE In a much anticipated shot-in-the-arm in the battle against the coronavirus, staff members at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital and Geisinger Wyoming Valley began receiving the COVID-19 v
1 in 5 prisoners in the US has had COVID-19, 1,700 have died
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. One in every five state and federal prisoners in the United States has tested positive for the coronavirus, a rate more than four times as high as the general population. In some s
Toomey hearing examines testing and treatment for Alzheimer’s patients
WILKES-BARRE U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee Subcommittee on Health Care, this week convened a hearing on the testing and treatment pipelines for Alzheimer s disease a
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Watchdog: Floyd protests overwhelmed NYPD, sparking conflict
NEW YORK The New York Police Department was caught off guard by the size of the spring protests after the killing of George Floyd and resorted to aggressive disorder control methods that stoked tens
Oregon holds off USC late, grabs Pac-12 title with 31-24 win
LOS ANGELES Anthony Brown threw two touchdown passes in his unusual Oregon debut, Jamal Hill made an interception with 2:47 to play, and the Ducks won their second straight Pac-12 title with a 31-24
US clears Moderna vaccine for COVID-19, 2nd shot in arsenal
WASHINGTON The U.S. added a second COVID-19 vaccine to its arsenal Friday, boosting efforts to beat back an outbreak so dire that the nation is regularly recording more than 3,000 deaths a day.
Mohegan Sun Pocono testing site debuts
PLAINS TWP. With the COVID-19 virus continuing to infect thousands of people across the country and hundreds here every day, a temporary drive-thru testing location opened Friday outside Mohegan Sun
Congress averts shutdown; fight continues over pandemic aid
WASHINGTON Congress passed a two-day stopgap spending bill Friday night, averting a partial government shutdown and buying yet more time for frustratingly slow endgame negotiations on an almost $1 t