More than half of Pennsylvania’s 1,550 COVID-19 deaths -- 952 --  were residents of nursing or personal care facilities, the state Department of Health reports.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention added six more symptoms for COVID-19. In addition to fever, cough, and shortness of breath, the CDC has added chills, shaking with chills, muscle pain, headache, sore throat and loss of taste or smell.

More than $177,000 in emergency funds were distributed between 30 businesses in Easton, part of a joint effort of the Greater Easton Development Partnership, the city and Easton Area Industrial Land Development.

Lehigh Valley Business is surveying our readers to find out how the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the business landscape throughout the Midstate.

Four Republican state senators plan to introduce a bill that would allow garden centers to reopen if they can adhere to social distancing and mitigation efforts.

Sheetz and Wawa, two of Pennsylvania’s major convenience store chains, and often the subject of arguments between their fans as to which is the best, are working together to help area food banks struggling to manage a growing need caused by the pandemic.

Every Ribbon Counts, a Nazareth-based charity dedicated to supporting cancer patients, has had to find new ways to raise support during the pandemic, which has shut down in-person fundraising events.

The nation’s oldest continually running outdoor farmers market is moving. The Easton Farmers Market, operating since 1752, is from Centre Square in the city to Scott Park along the river, at 130 Larry Holmes Drive.