coronavirus

A study from researchers at Johns Hopkins University found that extended shutdowns had almost no effect on public health, while coming at tremendous c...

The Hydra is an ancient Greek mythical beast, mentioned in the tales of Hercules, that was said to have the body of a dragon with many heads, two arms...

Washington, D.C., is now the epicenter of the pandemic. As of Dec. 23, it had 158 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 residents, a 541% growth in cases over th...

It used to be that a 100th birthday was almost a tall tale. Celebrating 100 years was the kind of thing that a country or a city did, not a person. A ...

For more than a year the world has been fixated on developing and deploying a vaccine for the coronavirus, but scientists have been working for decade...

In Wisconsin, families are suing two school districts for dropping their mask mandates, claiming it resulted in their children’s coronavirus infection...

HERSHEY — Pennsylvania’s network of vaccine providers is ready to deliver booster shots of the coronavirus vaccine as soon as federal authorities sign...

PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — Coronavirus cases among school-age children in Pennsylvania were nearly 10 times greater last week than during the same period in...

HARRISBURG — The union that represents corrections officers in Pennsylvania prisons wants a state court to intervene over the governor’s recent mandat...

The coronavirus pandemic has dealt a series of setbacks to children’s health. For most of last year, pediatricians reported that parents concerned abo...

Libraries frequently are underappreciated services. They shouldn’t be. The coronavirus pandemic was not the first time that public or community librar...

Even if we never learn whether COVID-19 escaped from a lab or jumped to humans from animals, the public is entitled to a closer look at what’s going o...

Last week, President Joe Biden set an example that all of us — Democrat and Republican alike — should embrace. It wasn’t so much what he did — orderin...

Wednesday’s coronavirus totals increased for two counties while staying the same for the other two in The Era’s coverage area. One new case has been r...

There was a “scientific consensus,” they told us. According to the media and assorted experts, there couldn’t be any questioning of the idea that the ...

Sunday is Mother’s Day. How do I know? When I was talking on the phone with my cousin the other day, he said, “If I don’t see you before Sunday, happy...

PARENTAL PEACE: While parenting can be a joy, any parent knows that there are days they would pay good money to get a break. A recent study, conducted...

There were 30 new cases of COVID-19 in the region Friday, as reported by the Pennsylvania Department of Health. McKean County had 15 more cases for a ...

There were an additional 30 cases of COVID-19 in the local region over the weekend, as reported by the Pennsylvania Department of Health on Sunday. Mc...

The number of new COVID-19 cases in the region jumped a bit on Wednesday to 23, 16 of which were in Elk County, according to the Pennsylvania Departme...