Hospitals across the country are experiencing a widespread lack of access to COVID-19 testing supplies, according to a survey from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. 

St. Luke’s University Health Network is using a new cloud-based telehealth platform to remotely monitor COVID-19 patients.  The platform, called Masimo SafetyNet, uses wearable single-use sensors to keep track of patients’ symptoms.

The Rite Aid Foundation’s newest executive director brings more than two decades of experience in philanthropic organizations, the nonprofit said on Tuesday.

E.T. Browne Drug Co., manufacturer of Palmer’s Cocoa Butter Formula and Coconut Oil Formula skin and hair care products, said its East Stroudsburg-based manufacturing facility, Hayward Laboratories, has started producing sanitizer for immediate distribution, to address widespread supply shortages in the wake of COVID-19.

Wardog Spirits, a distillery at Black River Farms Vineyard & Winery in Lower Saucon Township, is the latest to shift from distilling spirits to producing hand sanitizer. Wardog’s hand sanitizer will be donated to local emergency workers and healthcare personnel. 

Pennsylvania nurse practitioners are pushing for Gov. Wolf to remove barriers ­­­­­­­keeping many NP’s from the coronavirus front lines. 

OraSure Technologies of Bethlehem said it earned a $710,310 contract from the federal Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority to develop a pan-SARS-coronavirus antigen rapid in-home self-test. The test uses saliva samples and provides results in 20 minutes.

INOVIO Pharmaceuticals, Inc., the Plymouth Meeting-based pharmaceutical company, will test the first dose of its COVID-19 vaccine today on a healthy volunteer.

Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network is asking the public to draw, paint or color pictures for their patients who are in long term care. The campaign, #PicturesForPatients, aims to increase hope at a time when patients have limited visitation due to the COVID-19 crisis. 

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.