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New COVID origins data point to raccoon dogs in China market

New COVID origins data point to raccoon dogs in China market

Coronavirus

New COVID origins data point to raccoon dogs in China market

Efforts to determine COVID's origin have been complicated by factors including the massive surge of human infections and bitter international political disputes.

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Luzerne County

Luzerne County Council mulls grant applications for ARP money

Newswatch 16's Chelsea Strub has more on some of those applications and questions surrounding the distribution of taxpayer money.
Coronavirus

Masks now optional at Evangelical Community Hospital

Nearly three years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, a hospital in Union County has made masking optional.
Coronavirus Numbers

State update for COVID-19 – for the week of Wednesday, February 1, 2023

The Department of Health reports nearly 11,000 new cases and 158 additional deaths related to the coronavirus over the previous seven days.

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President Biden to end COVID-19 emergencies on May 11
COVID-era SNAP benefits expire next month
State update for COVID-19 – week of Wednesday, January 25, 2023
Lehigh Valley Health Network to close COVID-19 vaccine clinics
US proposes once-a-year COVID shots for most Americans
State update for COVID-19 – week of Wednesday, January 18, 2023
State update for COVID-19 – week of Wednesday, January 11, 2023
New COVID variant behind surge in cases
No, the COVID-19 vaccines can’t cause or create new variants

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Schuylkill County

Man sentenced to life in prison

Santonio Malone was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Juan Carlos Romero in October of 2021.
State

Community stunned following explosion in West Reading

The West Reading community is still reeling from the explosion at R.M. Palmer Company Friday evening that shook the area and claimed the lives of seven people.

Sports

Locked On NFL Draft

NFL Mock Draft 2023: 4 QBs in first five picks? | Locked on NFL Draft

The 2023 NFL draft is exactly one month away, and the Locked On NFL Draft podcast gives all-new first round mock in their latest episode.
Locked On College Basketball

Where Florida Atlantic's Final 4 run ranks among long shot tournament runs in NCAA history

Since the expansion of the NCAA Tournament in 1985, we have seen a handful of double-digit seeds make their way through the first few rounds and into the Final 4.