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Firm that performed COVID contact tracing for Pa. to pay $2.7 million in cybersecurity settlement

Dr. Rachel Levine named as one of USA Today's Women of the Year

Alison Beam to resign as acting Pennsylvania health secretary

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Pennsylvania schools can receive free, in-classroom COVID-19 testing

Pennsylvania to lift COVID-19 mask mandate ahead of Fourth of July

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Pennsylvania relaxes social distancing guidelines for students in classrooms

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At Dr. Rachel Levine's Senate hearing, Rand Paul equates gender reassignment surgery to 'genital mutilation'

New Pa. website alerts residents when they're eligible for COVID-19 vaccines

Pa. state legislator shares transphobic meme on Facebook mocking ex-health secretary Levine

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Biden selects Pa. Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine to serve as assistant health secretary

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Pennsylvania confirms first case of U.K. coronavirus variant

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With many schools starting online, vaccinations head for recess

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Pennsylvania offers guidance to school districts weighing instruction models

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Pennsylvania adds Delaware to list of states with travel restrictions due to COVID-19 infections spike

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Universal COVID-19 testing strategy coming to Pennsylvania nursing homes

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CDC: Evidence growing that vitamin E acetate was behind vaping-related lung injury outbreak

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Pa. Department of Health investigating salmonella outbreaks at four health care facilities

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Philadelphia International Airport travelers may have been exposed to measles in early October

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Pennsylvania confirms first death linked to vaping-related lung illness

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Pennsylvania adds anxiety disorders, Tourette syndrome to medical marijuana program

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These Pennsylvania counties hardest hit by the flu this season

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First child flu-related death reported in Pennsylvania

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Pennsylvania sets record in 2017-2018 for flu deaths

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At Pennsylvania hospital, staffers surrounded patient with item in genitals to take photos

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New rule requires Pennsylvania students to be vaccinated with 5 days of school start

Four heart surgery patients at Penn Presbyterian hospital get infections

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Pennsylvania’s Office of Medical Marijuana gets director

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