Tower Health Marks One Year Anniversary of COVID-19 Virus in Community
WEST READING, PA — Tower Health is marking the one-year anniversary of COVID-19 impacting the community.
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Commonwealth Publishes State Health Assessment, Highlights Specific Health Challenges Pennsylvanians Are Facing
HARRISBURG, PA — Acting Secretary of Health Alison Beam announced the Department of Health has published the 2020 Pennsylvania State Health Assessment (SHA). The assessment, titled The State of Our …
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Pennsylvania Awarded Funding to Prepare for Suicide Prevention Lifeline 988 Launch
HARRISBURG, PA — Department of Human Services (DHS) Secretary Teresa Miller recently announced that Pennsylvania was awarded $340,000 for strategic planning and infrastructure development in preparation for the launch of …
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Warning! One in 5 People Have a Sexually Transmitted Infection
WASHINGTON, D.C. — New data published by the CDC estimate that on any given day in 2018, 1 in 5 people in the U.S. had a sexually transmitted infection (STI). …
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HHS Releases First National Strategic Plan to Address Sexually Transmitted Infections
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently released the first-ever national plan to address the public health crisis caused by alarming increases in rates …
Read MoreCommonwealth Cancels All Organized In-Person Events, Programs In State Parks
HARRISBURG, PA — Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn announced the department has canceled all in-person events and programs organized by its staff and volunteers …
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PA Department of Health Provides Updated Travel Order
HARRISBURG, PA —Department of Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine has updated the travel order issued on November 17, to clarify testing and quarantine requirements for people entering the commonwealth or returning …
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Wolf: Colleges Should Provide COVID-19 Testing for Students Before Thanksgiving Break
HARRISBURG, PA — Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf, New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont, Delaware Governor John Carney, Rhode Island Governor Gina …
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Chester County-based Historical Archive Releases Quarantine and Infectious Disease Control in America Series
MALVERN, PA — Accessible Archives, Inc., a digital publisher of full-text primary source historical collections, announced the release of a new series: Quarantine and Infectious Disease Control in America. Part …
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Secretary Wilkie Thanks President Trump for Making “988” America’s New National Suicide Prevention Number
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie released the following statement after President Trump signed the National Suicide Hotline Designation Act:
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