Gov. Tom Wolf is recommending that all Pennsylvanians wear a mask when they leave their homes as COVID-19 cases steadily rise in the state.

The coronavirus has a roughly 1.2% death rate in Pennsylvania, making it 10 times as deadly as the seasonal flu.

Two former privately owned urgent care centers in the Lehigh Valley have now reopened as Lehigh Valley ExpressCARE locations, after Lehigh Valley Health Network purchased them from Dr. David Shingles, D.O.

The growth of restaurants and dining out may be on hold because of COVID-19, but the need for young people schooled in the etiquette of dining, particularly at high-end establishments, remains. For that reason, hospitality professionals see potential benefits in expanding a culinary etiquette program into the Lehigh Valley market.

In early March, just as the coronavirus started to rattle households and workplaces statewide, Muhlenberg College conducted its annual public health survey, which showed that Pennsylvanians increasingly support government’s involvement in health care.

Highmark members who require in-network, inpatient hospital care for COVID-19 will not have to pay deductibles, coinsurance and copays, effective immediately.

The largest stimulus package in American history was signed into law last week and while it may take time to feel its effects, businesses are beginning to look at what it could mean for their employees and communities.

There are 4,843 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Pennsylvania as of March 31, according to the state Department of Health, with 756 new cases since March 30.  Of the patients who have tested positive, the largest percentage, at 41%, are in the 25 to 49 year old age bracket

Lehigh Career & Technical Institute, the Schnecksville-based technical school, is donating 17K in personal protective equipment to Lehigh Valley health care workers.

Diverse Biotech, Inc. a Bucks County-based pharmaceutical company, has signed a partnership agreement with North Carolina’s Duke University to study potential brain cancer treatments.