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“Knowing that it’s coming back this quickly and this harshly is like going through it all over again,” said Christina Jansen, a 51-year-old nurse at WellSpan Health in York. “It was absolutely exhausting coming in day after day, trying to save these extremely sick patients."
“Definitely in the last two weeks, it’s been a huge spike,” a York nurse said of the Delta variant's effect.
Pentagon press secretary John Kirby confirmed that there was an explosion at the airport. The number of casualties was unconfirmed in the immediate aftermath.
The 13,400 people evacuated from the airport in Kabul on Wednesday brought the total to 95,700 people as an Aug. 31 pullout deadline looms.
On a national level, cases of children with COVID have exploded, from 38,000 toward the end of July to 180,000 a month later.
Experts worry pediatric cases will continue to rise if schools don't implement mitigation measures and people in the community remain unvaccinated.
The mandate follow's President Joe Biden's statement earlier this month that COVID-19 vaccinations would be added “to the list of required vaccinations for our service members” no later than mid-September.
The mandate follow's Biden's statement that COVID-19 vaccinations would be added “to the list of required vaccinations for our service members.”
“I was surprised. I was stunned. And frankly, I was shocked,” Dr. Shubhra Ray testified Wednesday.
“I was surprised. I was stunned," Dr. Shubhra Ray testified on Wednesday after he learned of the first allegation. "And frankly, I was shocked."
Police say they attempted to conduct a traffic stop but the suspect took off at a high rate of speed, crashed his vehicle and fled into the woods.
The incident shut down down roads for more than five hours.
The Pennsylvania Game Commission temporarily asked people to stop filling their bird feeders as experts tried to figure out what was happening. On Aug. 13, the commission lifted its request to stop feeding birds, but the investigation into the sickness continues in several laboratories.
Penn State Cooperative Extension has an online public meeting planned Sept. 9 to discuss a mystery illness in songbirds.
“This is the kind of school I have been wanting to go to for a very long time, and I am finally here,” said 13-year-old Caleb Anderson, who hails from Marietta, Georgia.
College students across the country are returning to classrooms. Georgia Tech is welcoming a 13 year old who hopes to major in aerospace engineering.
The rankings are based on a 12-team league using a point-per-reception scoring format.
Who do you have No. 1 on your list?
The Panthers' Christian McCaffrey leads a standout group of running backs at the top of this season's ranks. Here's how the best players stack up.
The new "The Princess and the Frog"-themed ride will conclude with "the ultimate Mardi Gras party."
Disney Parks released new details about "The Princess and the Frog" changes coming to Splash Mountain at Disney World and Disneyland.
Roughly 4.5 million American children have become infected with COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic.
That number has risen lately, however, with children making up a higher proportion of the seriously ill.
Parents of young children are worried. Here's what you need to know about why COVID vaccines are taking so long for kids and when they are expected.
Photos: Jarace Walker, a 6-foot-8 New Freedom native, has been training hard over the summer.
Jarace Walker, a 6-foot-8 New Freedom native, has been training hard over the summer.
"The first day I got my equipment I was still a little in shock, but after that we went right to work. I just had to learn the offense and the coaches really helped me. It wasn't as hard as it should've or could've been."
Dallastown's offense could look a little different this fall with the addition of Division I recruit wideout Kenny Johnson.
Photos: Brad Pheasant, hadn't had a reaction to a bee sting in 35 years. Without an Epipen, he quickly was overcome after multiple bee stings.
Brad Pheasant, hadn't had a reaction to a bee sting in 35 years. Without an Epipen, he quickly was overcome after multiple bee stings.
The business remains closed. Plastic covers the area where the drive-thru window once stood, and a big hole can be seen in the lane.
The fast-food restaurant hopes to reopen soon.
The Johnson & Johnson announcement said studies showed a booster dose of its vaccine showed "a rapid and robust increase in spike-binding antibodies, ninefold higher than 28 days after the primary single-dose vaccination."
Johnson & Johnson said studies show a booster dose of its vaccine offered a ninefold increase in antibodies.
“This is not due to an organized form letter campaign,” Wolf wrote in a letter Wednesday. “Constituents, primarily parents of young children who are not able to be vaccinated, are very concerned about the lack of a mask mandate in their school district.”
Gov. Tom Wolf previously said he would not order schools to require masks, but he now wants lawmakers to return to Harrisburg and pass legislation.
Have you ever craved a homemade cupcake, or Nutella-filled crepe, after a long day of shopping at the mall? How about a new boutique, or an upscale restaurant while listening to the sweet sound of a baby grand piano?
This September, Hanover will feature four new businesses, including a boutique, a bakery and two new restaurants.
“It was a deep dive, but you can only go so deep as the situation allows,” a U.S. official told The Wall Street Journal. “If China’s not going to give access to certain data sets, you’re never really going to know.”
A new U.S. classified intelligence report about the origins of the coronavirus returned inconclusive, according to multiple news reports.
Prosecutors initially asked judges to place under seal the court documents in homicide cases against Alexis Cado-Suero and Jamar Generettein.
District Judge Joel Toluba on Tuesday emailed copies of the court documents in the cases of Alexis Cado-Suero and Jamar Generette.
“It was so magical,” his girlfriend, Cheryl Henry, said. “It sounds corny, but we were just like each other’s happily ever after.”
"We still had hope. When you're in that situation, you have to have hope." - his girlfriend.
In a letter issued Wednesday, Senate President Bill Ferguson asked the state board to issue a "temporary emergency regulation mandating that all children, faculty and staff wear masks in every Maryland elementary and secondary school ... in any county with a substantial or high rate of COVID-19 transmission."
State school board to meet Thursday and decide on statewide mandate as each county experiences substantial or high rates of COVID-19 transmission.
For subscribers: York High will open the season against Gov. Mifflin and arguably the best running back in the country, but the Bearcats have a star running back of their own.
Gov. Mifflin is a powerhouse with Penn State commit Nick Singleton at running back. But York High has its own standout in Jahiem White. Who will win?
Dameon Erb was unresponsive when his family found him around 2 p.m. inside a closed parked vehicle at a residence in the 400 block of Blossom Drive.
Temperatures were in the upper 80s with a heat index in the low 90s when the boy was found.
Saddle up! Hunters are riding trees, not horses, with a comfortable, safe alternative to tree stands.
Saddle hunting is a lightweight way to hunt from a tree that provides more mobility than a normal tree stand.
Are you looking forward to checking it out?
Two rooms have been completed on the third floor to give visitors a concept of the finished product.
A spokesperson for Hogan confirmed Wednesday morning that "COVID-19 positive cases have affected multiple members of the governor's staff."
Hogan has tested negative for COVID-19, the spokesperson said.
MACo organizers sent out notice that several conference attendees have tested positive for COVID-19.
The standard adoption fee is $260 or less, and this include the pet’s spay/neuter surgery, all vaccinations, microchipping, medical exam, heartworm testing and preventative flea and tick treatment and other relevant testing.
Now through Aug 31, YCSPCA will host Pay What You Can Pawlooza, a
donation-based adoption campaign where adopters can name their price.
Brad Pheasant called his mother one afternoon to ask her if she could come over after he'd been stung. She got in her car and called him back a few minutes later. No answer.
"We still had hope. When you're in that situation, you have to have hope." - his girlfriend.
Those supporting the change argued counting inmates as residents of the communities where they are housed was unfair to their home communities that do not receive benefits, such as government funding, based on Census data and populations.
Pa. Legislative Redistricting Commission votes to consider state inmates as residents of home districts rather than where prisons are in map process.
Lisa Todd's friends described her as a nice girl with a bit of a stubborn streak. She was not one to always follow the rules, especially when they got in the way of having fun with her friends.
That may have been why she went to the abandoned Publicker Distillery in Bucks County, near the border with Philadelphia, one day in 1985. It had become a spot for teens to hang out and party.
We don't know why Todd went into the woods that day, because she never came out. Her body was found in a concrete shaft there three years later, and it took over 30 more years, and some dedicated investigators, to discover Todd's identity and give her family some closure.
But it's not the end. Her death has been called suspicious and a criminal investigation remains active. With the victim identified, are the police any closer to finding a suspect?
Subscribers can read more and listen to Lisa Todd's story in the second episode of "Return to View," a true crime podcast hosted by Cole Johnson.
Bensalem Det. Chris McMullin has spent most of his career trying to find out who Publicker Jane Doe was. Now he wants to know how she died.
More than 2,100 personnel, 22 helicopters, 50 fire crews and 200 fire engines are working to douse the fire as it inches toward the South Lake Tahoe area.
The Caldor fire is "knocking on the door" near Lake Tahoe and has become the nation's No. 1 priority for firefighting resources, officials say.
"Lots of love to his family, his wife and kids and his extended family, and condolences to the Stones," Paul McCartney said. "A huge blow to them because Charlie was a rock, a fantastic drummer. Steady as a rock."
Musicians including Elton John and Paul McCartney are mourning the death of Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts, who died Tuesday.
"We don't have the data on young children. So that really ought to be a no-no," said Dr. Jesse Goodman, an infectious disease expert at Georgetown University. "The science is not there to support dosing yet in small children."
Children under 12 have not yet been approved to receive any COVID-19 vaccine, despite the FDA's approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech shot on Monday.
“We have the authority. We have the ability and we have the data,” McClinton said. “We cannot wait another 10 years. The time to correct this injustice is right now.”
Pa. Legislative Redistricting Commission votes to consider state inmates as residents of home districts rather than where prisons are in map process.
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