It’s the news Bethlehem’s OraSure Technologies Inc. has been waiting for. It announced today that it has received three Emergency Use Authorizations from the Federal Drug Administration for its COVID-19 rapid antigen tests.

In another step in the region’s return to pre-COVID-19 normalcy, Trans-Bridge is resuming service to the Wall Street section of Lower Manhattan beginning today.

It just got a little bit easier to schedule an appointment for a COVID-19 vaccination. St. Luke’s Hospital said it is now offering texting capability for appointments.

With vaccines now readily available and COVID-19 numbers dropping, the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry is saying it will soon be time for those on unemployment to start looking for work.

The Pennsylvania Department of Health announced that one more step is needed to make Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine available to 12- to 15-year-olds. 

51.9% of Pennsylvania’s eligible population have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine as of May 7, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More than 43% are fully vaccinated. 

The Distilled Spirits Council of the United States is hailing a bill that has just passed out of committee in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.

Pennsylvania-based Rite Aid Pharmacy is partnering with the state to ease access to COVID-19 vaccinations for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, Gov. Wolf announced.

Lehigh Valley Health Network will hold a mass vaccination drive-through on Wednesday, May 12 at Allentown’s Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that fully vaccinated adults 65 years and older were 94% less likely to be hospitalized with COVID-19 than people of the same age who were not vaccinated.