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A Beaver County nursing home facing the largest covid-19 outbreak in the region is presuming that all of its residents and employees may have the disease. Brighton Rehabilitation and Wellness Center in Brighton Township announced the approach Monday in an unsigned statement. “Thinking about the virus in this way allows...

Pennsylvania State Police have begun enforcing Gov. Tom Wolf’s stay-at-home order now that it has become a statewide mandate, according to Lt. Col. Scott Price, deputy commissioner of operations for state police. So far, troopers have issued two citations and eight warnings to people who allegedly violated the stay-at-home order...

The covid-19 pandemic will long be remembered as a time that upended people’s lives and livelihoods and caused too many family tragedies to count. Each day, there is more depressing news about more cases and more deaths. It creates a shadow of doom over our society and world. Many ways...

As the nation braces for what leaders say will be one of the hardest weeks of the coronavirus pandemic , the Tribune-Review reached out to an infectious disease expert to help sort out the issues. Pittsburgh-based Dr. Amesh Adalja, a fellow of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, has been...

The article “Coronavirus taking big bite out of Easter candy sales for region’s makers” (April 1, TribLIVE) detailed local candy companies’ struggles during this pandemic and how, with Easter sales way down, they fear their companies might not survive. Well, we can do something about that. Let’s all do our...

I am enraged to hear our president imply that he is doing a good job since only 100,000 or more American citizens will apparently die from the coronavirus (March 29 news briefing). When he became president in 2017, he was given a pandemic playbook and pandemic director and staff. He...

I am convinced that “parenting” causes otherwise rational people — people whose thought processes are not typically driven by emotion — to lose their minds. If that is not the case, then why, ever since 1970 (or thereabouts), when “parenting” replaced the simple, straightforward process of raising children to adulthood,...

At least one county in West Virginia is trying to prevent people from crossing borders by stopping the sale of liquor to out-of-state residents (“West Virginia county bans liquor sales to out-of-state residents including Pennsylvanians,” April 4, TribLIVE). This may be effective to stop the movement of some people, but...

It’s tough facing daily pandemic questions armed only with spotty data. It’s even tougher when biased media seek to influence rather than inform the public. Has President Trump made mistakes discussing the severity of coronavirus? Sure, just as Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and...

A number of the region’s churches will livestream Holy Week services as the state’s stay at home order remains in effect through the month’s end. • Catholic Diocese of Greensburg’s virtual Holy Week services will be streamed at dioceseofgreensburg.org, facebook.com/dioceseofgreensburg and youtube.com. • Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh Bishop David Zubik...

Send information of charitable events to The Stroller Is your company or organization making or collecting equipment for health professionals? Is your club or church going to sponsor a community blood drive? The Stroller will publish information about community drives and collections at Triblive.com. Send information to vndnews@tribweb.com. Small Acts...

NEW YORK — New York City has plans to turn parks into temporary cemeteries if the death toll from coronavirus continues to spike, according to a Manhattan politician. With morgues and funeral homes overwhelmed, the city will dig trenches with 10 caskets each if needed, Councilman Mark Levine tweeted Monday....

The Pittsburgh Savoyards spent months preparing a beautiful production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s “The Mikado.” Alas, opening and closing night on March 13 were one and the same. This happens on occasion in theater when the production is a total flop. That was not the case with this fabulous Music...

As part of their Virtual Screening Room, the Tull Family Theater presents all of Leonardo daVinci’s paintings in “Leonardo: The Works” for one week only, starting Tuesday. The documentary examines da Vinci’s life, inventiveness, sculptural skills and ability to navigate the politics of the day, all through the prism of...

While President Trump and medical officials warn the United States is heading into its toughest two-week stretch of the coronavirus pandemic, the UFC has been working to make sure its April 18 UFC 249 card takes place. And UFC President Dana White tweeted Monday the card will still happen “somewhere...

MIAMI — Hundreds of passengers and crew remained stuck on the Coral Princess cruise ship at PortMiami on Monday with little information about when they will be getting off. Meanwhile, the circumstances surrounding the death of passenger Wilson Maa, 71, who waited nearly five hours aboard the ship Saturday evening...

Grupo Modelo, which produces and exports several popular Mexican beer brands, including Corona, Pacifico and Modelo, will be temporarily suspending production and sales after its breweries were deemed non-essential by the Mexican government. The company posted the announcement on Twitter, stating it is halting production and pledging its “total commitment”...

WASHINGTON — The Army will temporarily hold off on sending new recruits to basic training in order to strengthen protective measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus on those bases, the head of Army Training and Doctrine Command said Monday. The pause will be in effect for at least...

Among other pleasures quashed by the pandemic, the baseball season will be delayed (let’s hope not canceled). However, as a minor consolation, my 30-30 Club continues. In baseball, the 30-30 Club contains players who have hit 30 home runs and stolen 30 bases in the same season. In the past...

Let’s face it: It’s hard to pretend that anything is normal right now. If this were normal, kids would be playing Little League baseball and high school girls would be trying on prom gowns. People would be enjoying the mild spring weather by shopping for plants for the yard. And...

Being a nurse isn’t easy. It’s not enough to master the clinical knowledge required; nurses also have to be adaptable, empathetic and most of all compassionate. As a professor of nursing, I have always stressed to my students that they need to master all of these skills to be a...

Pennsylvania Local Government Week is April 6-10, and we can think of no better time to recognize our townships, which are on the front lines of making sure life goes on as smoothly and safely as possible in their communities during the covid-19 pandemic. As the covid-19 emergency continues throughout...

Unless you are like me and grill year-round, the warmer weather signals the start of the grilling season. This spring, especially, as millions of us are told to stay home, a trip outside to the backyard or patio is a welcome change. If you have a new grill or have...

Nearly half the supply of hydroxychloroquine to the U.S. comes from makers in India, a flow that has now been abruptly stanched after the Asian nation banned exports of all forms of the malaria drug touted by President Donald Trump as a “game changer” for treating the coronavirus. According to...