Vaccine

The Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center in Allentown has established new vaccine requirements for visitors in order to keep the community safe from COVID-19. WDIY’s James Johnson has more.

Lehigh Valley Health Network has issued new guidance on expanded access to COVID-19 boosters and third shots after several new Emergency Use Authorizations were issued by the FDA and supported by the CDC. WDIY's Sarit Laschinsky has more.

Due to an increased demand for tests, Northampton County has announced that the drive-through COVID-19 testing site in Bethlehem Township will expand its hours for the next week. WDIY's Sarit Laschinsky has more.

Amid the ongoing COVID-19 case surge, including infections from the Omicron variant, Lehigh Valley Health Network has tightened its visitation policy, and is requesting that all visitors be vaccinated. WDIY's Sarit Laschinsky has more.

Due to the threat of the highly-transmissible Omicron variant and evidence of the waning effectiveness of COVID vaccines over time, several Lehigh Valley colleges and universities will require students and staff to get a booster shot for the upcoming spring semester. WDIY’s Sarit Laschinsky has more.

St. Luke's University Health Network's Dr. Jeffrey Jahre is back with another important update on the recent Thanksgiving Delta surge of COVID-19, Omicron's spread in the Lehigh Valley as it aggressively overtakes Delta, masking benefits, an update on MIS-C, family holiday visits and travel recommendations, plus how to protect yourself and more.

Due to an ongoing, dramatic surge in COVID-19 cases, including some identified as the highly-transmissible Omicron variant, St. Luke’s University Health Network has again updated its hospital visitor policy to require that visitors be vaccinated. WDIY's James Johnson has more.

The first cases of the COVID-19 Omicron variant have been confirmed in the Lehigh Valley by St. Luke’s University Health Network. WDIY’s Mike Flynn has more.

WDIY's Sarit Laschinsky speaks with Vicky Kistler, Director of the Allentown Health Bureau about how local efforts to immunize the community have been proceeding, the need to get vaccinated against COVID-19 and its variants, and why people who previously contracted COVID still need to get the jab.

St. Luke’s University Health Network has updated its hospital visitor policy in response to the ongoing COVID-19 case surge caused by patients that refuse to get the vaccine. WDIY's Sarit Laschinsky has more.