Gov. Tom Wolf announced on Monday that nearly 1 million Pennsylvanians have already applied to vote by mail-in ballot for the June 2 primary election. It is the first time that Pennsylvanians can vote by mail without an excuse.

A task force created by the York County Commissioners is set to begin working on a plan for the county’s post-pandemic recovery.

Pennsylvania’s Attorney General Josh Shapiro is urging landlords across the state to not begin any new eviction proceedings until at least July 15.

The Tampa, Florida-based owner of restaurants such as Outback Steakhouse and Carrabba’s Italian Grill, announced it will be “vastly reducing hours” for nearly 3,000 of its employees in Pennsylvania.

Bars and restaurants in Pennsylvania may soon have another source of revenue if a bill now heading to the state senate is approved.

INOVIO, the Doylestown-based pharmaceutical company, has completed the first phase of its clinical trial for a COVID-19 vaccine. All 40 healthy volunteers in the trial have now received their first dose, INOVIO says.

Pennsylvania’s Health Disparity Task Force is calling for health care organizations to include race and ethnicity data when reporting COVID-19 test results to the state. The task force, formally announced on April 15, is designed to foster health care equality for minorities. 

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention added six more symptoms for COVID-19. In addition to fever, cough, and shortness of breath, the CDC has added chills, shaking with chills, muscle pain, headache, sore throat and loss of taste or smell.

Long before the coronavirus paralyzed the country, healthcare was a top concern among most Pennsylvanians. And healthcare will remain a top issue through the crisis and well after the November national elections, according to experts who have been monitoring long-term trends.

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Businesses and residents of Central Pennsylvania can rest assured that health care providers in the region have the medical supplies they need to treat COVID-19 patients, according to representatives of two major Central Penn health systems. UPMC Pinnacle has a strong supply chain system in place to ensure that the system is building an adequate ...

For decades US manufacturers have pursued a China strategy driven by two goals: low-cost manufactured goods and access to China’s huge and rapidly growing market. Recent events, including the COVID-19 pandemic are forcing serious soul searching about that strategy.

Plans had been moving along, with city officials discussing possible options with UPMC Pinnacle. Then the coronavirus crisis swept the country, creating higher priorities for health systems, said Jess King, chief of staff for the city.

The postal industry continues to operate amidst the COVID-19 pandemic but a Postal Connections franchisee has found it’s taken a suite of services, from sending and receiving packages to copying and faxing documents, to remain open.

The Pennsylvania Associated Builders and Contractors, which says the construction industry is ready to get back to work, has created a COVID-19 Construction Safety Task Force to provide guidance and best practices to its members can incorporate into their required safety plans.