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Gov. Tom Wolf is denouncing a Republican state lawmaker and self-styled opponent of mask-wearing for mimicking the words of the state’s health secretary, who is transgender, by appealing for tolerance of the “unmasked community.”

A contact-tracing app that was downloaded by one-fifth of Ireland in 36 hours might undergo a pilot project in Pennsylvania that could go live in the coming weeks as part of an effort to more quickly contain coronavirus outbreaks by notifying people who may have been exposed, a state Health Department official said Wednesday.

Every region of Pennsylvania has seen an increase in the rate of positive cases, the state’s top health official says

Officials at the Bloomsburg Fair said they didn’t mean to mock Dr. Rachel Levine when a man dressed as a woman for a fundraiser. WBRE reports.

The Department of Health on Wednesday, cleared the way for dentists to resume non-emergency routine dental care and cleanings, and asked them to follow federal guidelines.

Local dentists are struggling to reopen their offices amid changing guidelines. NBC10’s Denise Nakano spoke with one dentist who delayed his office’s reopening for a second time and is wondering how it’ll affect his patients and his family.

Gov. Tom Wolf says his administration plans to begin testing every resident and employee for the coronavirus in nursing homes and other facilities caring for older adults.

Pennsylvania officials are expected to speak at about 12:30 p.m.

Besides a lower number of new cases, officials will need more testing and a stable situation in hospitals.

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf said Friday that the unemployment system was not built to handle the sheer number of claims it received during the coronavirus pandemic. He said more staff has been added to help process the claims more efficiently.

Pennsylvania Health Secretary Rachel Levine says she has hope that the commonwealth will be “renewed” once the coronavirus pandemic ends.

Gov. Tom Wolf announced Friday that two people have tested positive for the new coronavirus. Results need to be confirmed by the CDC. One person is in Delaware County and the other is in Wayne County.

Doctors in Pennsylvania will be required to prescribe opioids electronically, starting Oct. 24, in response to the American opioid epidemic and the susceptibility to fraud of handwritten prescriptions.

The prescription pad of a doctor at the Veterans Administration in Philadelphia was used to purchase opioids at pharmacies across eastern Pennsylvania. It’s a tale of fraudulent prescription-writing that the Drug Enforcement Administration calls “a big issue.”

Pennsylvania has announced its first vaping-related death as health officials urge people not to vape amid dozens of lung injury cases.

Dr. Rachel Levine, the secretary of health for Pennsylvania, announced on Friday that a person recently died from lung illness tied to vaping. That death and a slew of other sicknesses have been reported to the CDC.

All non-emergency surgeries and procedures are no longer to be performed at Hahnemann University Hospital, starting July 12, according to a letter to patients Tuesday, and that includes baby deliveries.

A letter stated that all non-emergency surgeries and procedures will no longer be performed at Hahnemann University Hospital starting on Friday, including baby deliveries.

The closure of Hahnemann University Hospital later this year and a pending bankruptcy for its parent company remains on a tumultous path, with hundreds of doctors in residence training wondering what the future holds, a lawyer said at a court hearing Tuesday.