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Dr. Rachel Levine confirmed as nation’s assistant secretary of health
Former Pennsylvania Department of Health Secretary Rachel Levine was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Wednesday as the Biden Administration’s assistant secretary of health.
Governor Tom Wolf nominates Alison Beam for Secretary of Health
Gov. Tom Wolf has nominated his deputy chief of staff, Alison Beam, to serve as secretary of the Department of Health.
Biden nominates Pa. Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine for position in his administration
Pennsylvania Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine has been nominated by President-elect Joe Biden to be his assistant secretary of health, the Associated Press reported on Tuesday.
Dr. Rachel Levine directs vaccine distributers to share doses with private providers
Vaccine distributors across the state will need to direct 10% of each shipment to non-hospital affiliated health care personnel, according to a new order signed by Pennsylvania Department of Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine on Wednesday.
Open letter to Gov. Wolf, Dr. Levine asks for more information regarding vaccines
Pennsylvania’s rollout of vaccines left smaller private physician practices with little to no information about when or if their staff can expect to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, a group of nine Pennsylvania physician associations wrote in an open letter to Gov. Tom Wolf and Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine.
Contact tracing critical to stopping COVID spread
With increased coronavirus outbreaks, hospitals and health departments say contact tracing — an essential part of controlling the pandemic's spread — will be more difficult, causing Pennsylvania to now shift the focus of those efforts to those diagnosed with COVID-19 in the last six days.
Covid vaccine could be ready for rollout in Pennsylvania next month, health secretary says
"It could take a significant amount of time to immunize everyone in Pennsylvania. I anticipate that we’re going to be wearing masks in 2021, well into — maybe until the end of — 2021," she said.
Dr. Rachel Levine announces tougher orders on travel and masks to slow COVID-19 spread
Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine announced four new mitigation efforts that the Wolf Administration will be taking to slow the spread of COVID-19 in the state during a remote press conference on Tuesday.
Pa. has no plans for new statewide restrictions amid rising COVID-19 cases, health secretary says
"We talked about for many months the anticipation of a fall resurgence and that’s what we're seeing now," Levine said.
COVID-19 cases continue to escalate in Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania Department of Health is urging residents to keep up the mitigation efforts as the fall wave of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to pick up speed and break record case counts in the commonwealth.
Pennsylvania state health officials outline their COVID-19 vaccine plan
As pharmaceutical companies race to create, test and stockpile doses of vaccines to protect against the coronavirus causing the COVID-19 pandemic, Pennsylvania is contemplating a similarly daunting challenge: distributing those doses as quickly and effectively as possible.
PA COVID numbers highest since pandemic onset
Pennsylvania’s Department of Health confirmed an additional 2,795 cases of COVID-19 as of Wednesday, noting that daily increases are now the highest they have ever been since the start of the pandemic.
