Maryann Pugh

Pennsylvania Pushes Updated Vaccines as Virus Season Begins PITTSBURGH, PA — Pennsylvania health officials urged residents Monday to obtain updated COVID-19 and flu vaccines as respiratory virus season begins, p […]

Pennsylvania House Backs $5,000 Fines for Youth Vape Sales HARRISBURG, PA — Pennsylvania retailers that sell e-cigarettes or flavored nicotine products to minors would face $5,000 fines and ultimately lose t […]

USDA Tightens Rural Energy Grants, Restricts Solar and Wind WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is tightening eligibility for a federal rural energy program, including restrictions intended t […]

Education Department Urges Schools to Expand Communism Lessons WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Education is urging schools nationwide to strengthen instruction on communism and its historical c […]

HHS Offers $10 Million to Expand Presidential Fitness Test WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Department of Health and Human Services is offering $10 million in prizes and equipment vouchers to schools and youth o […]

Fruit Flies, Raw Chicken Flagged in Chesco Inspections WEST CHESTER, PA — Chester County health inspectors cited fruit-fly activity, improper wastewater disposal and food-storage concerns during Oct. 6 i […]

Pennsylvania Gains $18.8 Million for Family Home Visits HARRISBURG, PA — Pennsylvania will receive $18.8 million in federal funding to maintain voluntary home-visiting services for pregnant women and f […]

USDA, HUD Move to Streamline Rural Housing Reviews WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Housing and Urban Development are moving to consolidate environmental reviews and physical i […]

Education Department Extends 1% Student Loan Auto-Pay Cut WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Education extended enrollment for a temporary 1% interest-rate reduction on eligible federal student loans t […]

Pennsylvania Backs 9/11 Victims’ Claim to Taliban Funds HARRISBURG, PA — Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday has joined 30 other state attorneys general asking the U.S. Supreme Court to allow t […]

HHS Targets Clinical Trial Costs With Adaptive Trial Push WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Department of Health and Human Services is backing a new clinical-trial model that would use predictive simulations, real-time s […]

Veteran Suicide Gap Widens Outside VA Health System WASHINGTON, D.C. — Veterans outside the Department of Veterans Affairs health system continued to face sharply higher suicide risks in 2024, when 6 […]

FDA Clears Expandable Heart Valve for Children WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the Autus Size-Adjustable Valve for children with congenital pulmonary valve d […]

FTC Deal Curbs Southern Glazer’s Pricing to Small Retailers WASHINGTON, D.C. — Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits LLC will face six years of restrictions on pricing practices that allegedly favored large cha […]

Federal Scholarship Tax Credit Opens New K-12 Funding Path WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service have proposed rules for a new federal tax credit that could channel billions o […]

Chesco Inspectors Flag Smoke Damage, School Kitchen Problems WEST CHESTER, PA — Chester County health inspectors cited smoke-related cleaning needs at a Malvern-area Indian restaurant and sanitation and e […]

USDA Raises Regenerative Farm Funding to $1 Billion WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Agriculture will increase funding for its Regenerative Pilot Program to $1 billion in fiscal 2027 from $700 m […]

Education Department Restores 2020 Title IX Rule WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Education formally restored the 2020 Title IX regulations to the Code of Federal Regulations, cementing the f […]

HHS Funds $3 Million Effort to Cut Tickborne Disease Risks WASHINGTON, D.C. — Federal health agencies are investing nearly $3 million in experimental wildlife-based tick control methods aimed at reducing the s […]

Pennsylvania Groups Get Nearly $2 Million for Veteran Suicide Prevention WASHINGTON, D.C. — Three Pennsylvania organizations will receive $1.975 million in federal grants for veteran suicide prevention in fiscal 2027, i […]