An Allentown pharmaceutical manufacturing company, U.S. Specialty Formulations, is expanding again to continue its work developing a COVID-19 vaccine in partnership with VaxForm of Bethlehem.
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Pennsylvania targets Thanksgiving Eve in latest COVID-19 orders
With COVID-19 cases on the rise -- the state health department reported 44,502 positive cases over the past seven days -- Pennsylvania is issuing what it called targeted safety measures to slow the transmission rate.
Read More »Restaurant industry says liquor license fee waiver not enough
Restaurant industry advocates are calling Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf’s waiver of liquor license fees to help offset COVID-19 losses too little and too late
Read More »Gov. Tom Wolf to waive liquor license fees to offer restaurants COVID-19 relief
Less than a week after Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf vetoed a bill that would have eased COVID-19 mitigation restrictions at the state’s restaurants, he is offering a financial olive branch to the hard-hit industry.
Read More »Gov. Tom Wolf: 5,373 more small businesses to receive COVID-19 relief funds
Gov. Wolf said Monday 5,373 additional small businesses are set to receive $96 million in state grants to weather the economic conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic through the second round of the commonwealth’s statewide COVID-19 grant program, announced in July.
Read More »Limits on number of people that can congregate in-person not enforceable — for now
A federal judge this week denied Gov. Tom Wolf’s motion to uphold limitations on in-person gatherings while administration officials work to appeal a Sept. 14 ruling that said some of the governor’s COVID-19 mitigation orders were unconstitutional.
Read More »Pa. restaurants can increase capacity starting Sept. 21 – but there are some catches
Restaurants in Pennsylvania can return to operating at 50% capacity starting Sept. 21, Gov. Tom Wolf announced today.
Read More »Hazard pay compensation available through new state program
Gov. Tom Wolf announced on Thursday a reimbursement-based grant program that will provide hazard pay for essential industries to help retain their front-line workforce amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Read More »Hospitals in green-phase counties approved to allow visitors
Hospitals in counties transitioning to the green phase of Pennsylvania’s reopening plan may reopen their facilities to visitors at their own discretion, according to updated guidance released Wednesday by the Wolf administration.
Read More »Gov. Tom Wolf issues new orders for businesses in green and yellow counties
A new order from Gov. Tom Wolf offers more guidance on what businesses may and may not do as their counties transition from yellow to green under Pennsylvania’s reopening plan.
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