The engineering division at Lafayette College in Easton has begun using 3-D printers to make medical supplies for first responders and hospital staff.

“I believe that an undue burden has been placed on our consumers, on our dealers and on the 50,000-plus workers from the industry who are now without jobs,” said Mihalek. “This is why I introduced House Bill 2388.”

The first coronavirus patient at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Muhlenberg to come off a ventilator, Chris McMillan tells of his harrowing battle with COVID-19 and his gratitude to the nurses and staff who stood by him.

The Hospital Emergency Loan Program, an effort to provide short-term financial relief to hospitals, is expected to help ensure they have sufficient personnel, equipment and personal protective equipment.

St. Luke’s University Health Network is providing free cafeteria meals to employees during the COVID-19 public health crisis. In addition, SLUHN started a “Feeding the Frontlines” fundraising campaign to purchase restaurant gift cards for staff.

In an effort to provide small businesses faced with the imminent prospect of bankruptcy due to COVID-19, lenders hurried to comply with incoming guidelines from the Small Business Administration that qualify them to make federally-guaranteed loans to small businesses, to the extent that 75% of those funds are used to keep workers on payroll and 25% on overhead costs.

The GIANT Co. of Carlisle has established a $250,000 emergency fund to help support small businesses in Pennsylvania’s food supply chain that have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

HARRISBURG — The coronavirus outbreak could cost Pennsylvania $2.7 billion in lost tax revenue over the next 15 months, blowing a serious hole in the state budget, according to a report released Wednesday by the state’s Independent Fiscal Office.

Kevin Johnson, owner of JMW Fabrication, has created a simple device that can be attached to most standard commercial door handles, allowing people to open the door using their arm or wrist instead of their hands.

HARRISBURG — Until late last week, Dr. Christina VandePol, the coroner in Chester County, said, she had to turn to local hospitals if she wanted to test a deceased person for the coronavirus. Since then, she said, she’s received 20 tests from the state’s lab, in two batches. For a county with over 400 cases ...