Health By the numbers: Lancaster County Covid-19 transmission is moderate, overall risk low Community spread of Covid-19 in Lancaster County has dropped into the “moderate” range, according to Friday’s update of Pennsylvania’s Covid-19 Early Warning Monitoring System Dashboard. The … Read more By Tim Stuhldreher - March 4, 2022
Health Report: Thousands of Pa. residents at risk of losing Medicaid coverage (Source: dhs.pa.gov) Close to half a million Pennsylvanians are at risk of losing their health insurance later this year, according to Pittsburgh-area NPR station WESA. That’s … Read more By Tim Stuhldreher - March 3, 2022
Health Spotlight PA looks at state’s public health framework A community health clinic operated by the Philadelphia Health Department. (Source: National Health Corps) The nonprofit news organization Spotlight PA has posted an article looking at … Read more By Tim Stuhldreher - March 1, 2022
Health By the numbers: Locally, Covid-19 pandemic waned rapidly in February COVID deaths, hospital cases and new infections plummeted through February, signaling the end of the Omicron spike in Lancaster County. Here is a very brief summary. … Read more By Ernie Schreiber - March 1, 2022
Health Pa. seeks input on LGBTQ+ health needs via online survey (Source: Pa.gov) LGBTQ+ Pennsylvanians have a couple more weeks to fill out a survey designed to help policymakers better understand their community’s health issues and barriers … Read more By One United Lancaster - March 1, 2022
Health CDC, Pa. Health Department announce changes in Covid-19 strategies Acting Pa. Secretary of Health Keara Klinepeter, left, and U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky, right. (Sources: Pa.gov, CDC.gov) America is transitioning … Read more By Tim Stuhldreher - February 25, 2022
Health By the numbers: Covid-19 continues to wane Lancaster County’s coronavirus numbers continued their downward trend this week. Case counts here declined 27%, from 588 to 428, according to Friday’s update of Pennsylvania’s Covid-19 … Read more By Tim Stuhldreher - February 25, 2022