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OraSure’s rapid COVID-19 antigen test receives FDA approval
It’s the news Pennsylvania’s OraSure Technologies Inc. has been waiting for. It announced today that it has received three Emergency Use Authorizations from the Federal Drug Administration for its COVID-19 rapid antigen tests.
Nearly half of Pennsylvanians vaccinated, COVID-related hospitalizations down
51.9% of Pennsylvania’s eligible population have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine as of May 7, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More than 43% are fully vaccinated.
Will ‘to-go cocktails’ become a permanent thing in Pennsylvania?
The Distilled Spirits Council of the United States is hailing a bill that has just passed out of committee in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
Pa. partners with Rite Aid to get COVID vaccines to the intellectually and developmentally disabled
Pennsylvania-based Rite Aid Pharmacy is partnering with the state to ease access to COVID-19 vaccinations for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, Gov. Wolf announced.
Gov. Tom Wolf lifting COVID-19 restrictions starting Memorial Day
Pennsylvania will lift all COVID-19 restrictions except the order to wear a mask in public on Memorial Day, the Wolf administration announced.
Vaccinated adults aged 65 + are 94% less likely to be hospitalized with COVID than their unvaccinated peers
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that fully vaccinated adults 65 years and older were 94% less likely to be hospitalized with COVID-19 than people of the same age who were not vaccinated.
Whether it’s COVID or economics, multigenerational home sales are rising
According to the 2021 report on Home Buyer and Seller Generational Trends, in the year ending in July 2020, 18% of homebuyers between the ages of 41 to 65, and 17% of homebuyers ages 75 to 95, purchased a multigenerational home.
Post-pandemic economy will return, but things will be different
The boom in telemedicine, the May 31 deadline for the Paycheck Protection Program and the possibility of new workplace regulations around masks and vaccines were three topics that drew comment at a Central Penn Business Journal webinar this week on the post-COVID economy.
PA is No. 5 in vaccines administered; 35% have had at least one
Pennsylvania has administered first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to 35.4% of its eligible population, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
All Pa. residents should be eligible for COVID-19 vaccinations by April 19
By April 19, all Pennsylvanians regardless of age, occupation or health will be eligible to receive vaccinations against COVID-19.
CDC now ranks Pennsylvania second in nation as vaccine roll out speeds up
After being ranked 30th in the nation for vaccine distribution, the Pennsylvania Health Department said the roll out of vaccines is increasing and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has now moved the state to no. 2 in the nation for the number of vaccines administered in the last seven days.
Businesses frustrated by slow vaccine roll out are starting to see hope
There seems to be a light at the end of the tunnel with the COVID-19 pandemic as vaccine rates begin to pick up in Pennsylvania. Still, many are frustrated with the slow pace up until this point – especially in getting vaccines to those working with the public who aren’t health care workers or teachers in group 1a of the state’s vaccine roll out.
