Opinion, Сolumns
Feb 11, 2022
A study from researchers at Johns Hopkins University found that extended shutdowns had almost no effect on public health, while coming at tremendous c...
Opinion, Сolumns
Jan 21, 2022
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...
Opinion, Сolumns
Dec 27, 2021
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...
Opinion, Сolumns
Oct 28, 2021
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 ...
Opinion, Сolumns
Oct 19, 2021
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...
Opinion, Сolumns
Oct 19, 2021
In Wisconsin, families are suing two school districts for dropping their mask mandates, claiming it resulted in their children’s coronavirus infection...
News
Sep 21, 2021
HERSHEY — Pennsylvania’s network of vaccine providers is ready to deliver booster shots of the coronavirus vaccine as soon as federal authorities sign...
News, PA State News
Sep 14, 2021
PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — Coronavirus cases among school-age children in Pennsylvania were nearly 10 times greater last week than during the same period in...
News
Sep 13, 2021
HARRISBURG — The union that represents corrections officers in Pennsylvania prisons wants a state court to intervene over the governor’s recent mandat...
Opinion, Сolumns
Aug 31, 2021
The coronavirus pandemic has dealt a series of setbacks to children’s health. For most of last year, pediatricians reported that parents concerned abo...
Opinion, Сolumns
Jul 09, 2021
Libraries frequently are underappreciated services. They shouldn’t be. The coronavirus pandemic was not the first time that public or community librar...
Opinion, Сolumns
Jun 07, 2021
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...
Opinion, Сolumns
Jun 02, 2021
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...
News
May 27, 2021
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...
Opinion, Сolumns
May 26, 2021
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 ...
Opinion, Сolumns
May 08, 2021
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...
News, Round the Square
May 01, 2021
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...
Bradford, Coronavirus, Local News, ...
Apr 17, 2021
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 ...
Bradford, Coronavirus, Local News, ...
Apr 12, 2021
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...
Bradford, Coronavirus, Local News, ...
Apr 08, 2021
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...
PA State News
June 15, 2025
HARRISBURG (TNS) — Brad Hatch grew up near Altoona and started his career as a teacher in the local school district, working his way up to assistant p...
PA State News
June 14, 2025
PHILADELPHIA (TNS)— For months after he was arrested in March 2024 on charges of masturbating in a Montgomery County cemetery, Matthew Gagat continued...
Local News, Nation & World
June 14, 2025
Veterans Square was packed Saturday afternoon as residents came together to express their discontent with the current administration during the local ...
June 14, 2025
HARRISBURG (TNS) — Reform advocates are making another push to limit the use of solitary confinement in Pennsylvania prisons and jails, a long-running...
Local Sports
June 14, 2025
BROCKWAY - The 10th Annual Frank Varischetti All-Star Football game is slated for the end of the month, and several area players were recognized for t...
Local Sports, Sports
June 14, 2025
(TNS) —As golfers teed off during opening day of this year's 125th U.S. Open Championship, state officials inside of a tent overlooking the course's 1...
