Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/02/01/data-highlights-egregious-pandemic-profiteering-us-food-and-oil-giants On the eve of a congressional hearing on corporate price hikes, a new analysis shows that “companies are hiding behind the pandemic and supply chain disruptions as an excuse to gouge consumers.” JAKE JOHNSON February 1, 2022 … Continued
Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2022-01-25/health/pa-sends-first-strike-team-to-hospitals-facing-staff-shortages/a77541-2 January 25, 2022 – Emily Scott, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window Pennsylvania deployed its first state-directed healthcare “strike team” over the weekend to help support hospitals under the strain of staffing shortages in … Continued
We hope you and your family are staying well as we work to battle the Omicron surge. All Pennsylvanians ages five and over are eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine and everyone 12 and over is eligible for the booster shot. … Continued
Funding Will Aid Homeowners Facing COVID-19 Pandemic-Related Financial Hardships Harrisburg, PA – Today, Governor Tom Wolf announced the statewide launch of the Pennsylvania Homeowner Assistance Fund, or PAHAF, administered by the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency. PHFA’s plan for administration of the PAHAF has … Continued
From the National Council of Churches (http://www.ncccusa.org): According to the latest research, church and faith leaders can successfully encourage people to get vaccinated. Some religious Americans, including Christians of color and White mainline Protestants, have indicated that certain religious approaches … Continued
From Families Against Mandatory Minimums (http://famm.org/): The Department of Justice will no longer require people serving on CARES Act home confinement to return to prison en masse at the end of the pandemic! FAMM has been urging both the Biden and … Continued
From the Citizens Trade Campaign (http://www.citizenstrade.org): The Omicron variant is proving what public health experts have been warning since the start of the COVID pandemic: that no one is safe until everyone is safe. Americans and the world will remain … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/12/06/campaigners-warn-wave-after-wave-variants-long-vaccine-apartheid-remains “Omicron is with us because we have failed to vaccinate the world. This should be a wake-up call.” JAKE JOHNSON December 6, 2021 A coalition of humanitarian groups warned Sunday that the world could face “wave after wave … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/11/26/it-was-entirely-avoidable-rich-countries-blamed-new-covid-variant-sparks-global “Allowing new variants to emerge and spread, 13 months into the vaccine era, is a policy choice by the rich world.” JAKE JOHNSON November 26, 2021 The detection of a new, heavily mutated, and potentially vaccine-resistant coronavirus variant in … Continued
Harrisburg, PA – The Department of Health today announced that free outdoor drive-up COVID-19 testing sites are open for the public in Berks, Crawford, Jefferson and Susquehanna counties. Additionally, a walk-up testing site is opening for the public in Clinton County and the Centre County site is being extended. The sites are available through a partnership with AMI Expeditionary … Continued