Every region of Pennsylvania is seeing an uptick of COVID-19 with the Southwest leading the way, Gov. Tom Wolf said Tuesday.Hospital admissions related to the virus have increase 15% in the past two weeks, a development that has not strained the health-care system, state Health Sec. Rachel ...
Pennsylvania hit the 100,000 mark over the weekend as new cases of COVID-19 continued to climb throughout the state.The state Department of Health reported an additional 1,549 positive cases of the virus since Friday, bringing the statewide total to 101,027. Since March, 7,015 people have died ...
The ongoing crisis generated by COVID-19 has been so urgent and caused such upheaval that itĢƵ been easy to forget about the problems we were grappling with before the virus elbowed its way into our lives earlier this year.A warming climate will imperil the health and prospects of generations ...
The rise to unprecedented highs in positive COVID-19 cases last week forced Allegheny County to impose a one-week closure of bars, restaurants, casinos and other activities involving 25 or more people.For many, it was deja vu – a return to the more restrictive red and yellow phases of ...
For some unemployed Pennsylvanians, relief is ahead.The state Labor & IndustryĢƵ Extended Benefits program kicks in this week for individuals who have exhausted their regular unemployment compensation and federal Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation. Those claimants are ...
Josh Shapiro, attorney general of Pennsylvania, lowered the boom on the fracking boom Thursday morning.“Pennsylvanians have constitutional rights to clean air and clean water,” he said during a livestreamed news conference from Harrisburg.Shapiro announced the findings and recommendations ...