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State and federal officials are urging the general public to get vaccinated against COVID-19, as cases and hospitalizations continue to increase with the spread of the Delta variant.

As children and their families prepare to head back to school, public health officials are offering a friendly reminder about the importance of childhood vaccinations.

Whether accommodating additional attendance at a regularly scheduled event or responding to new events that are popping up, it’s important for hospital emergency managers to be tuned in to mass gathering events in their community and plan accordingly. More than ever—as we carefully monitor the spread of the Delta variant—we know that we need to prepare for these events, and that our emergency managers will play an important role to make sure our communities are ready.

The Pennsylvania Department of Health provided a reminder this week to all Pennsylvanians to be mindful of the threat of tick-borne diseases, noting an increase in cases this summer.

The Pennsylvania Department of Health (DOH) is launching a campaign to reach about 254,000 Pennsylvanians who missed the second dose of their COVID-19 vaccine series. The DOH campaign will target individuals who did not complete the second dose of their Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccines at least 10 weeks after their first dose, Acting Health Secretary Alison Beam said during a press briefing today.

With the Delta variant leading to a national surge in COVID-19 cases, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) this week updated its guidance outlining when you need to wear a mask.

Life expectancy in the U.S. declined by a year and a half during 2020, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The decline was even more pronounced for Black and Hispanic Americans, who saw average life expectancy decline by about three years.

New analysis published in The Lancet this week highlights the lingering fallout from the pandemic, indicating that more than 1.5 million children around the world lost a parent, a custodial grandparent, or other relative who lived with them during the first 14 months of the pandemic.

Today, the Wolf Administration outlined strategies to protect children who are not yet eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine and important tips to ensure everyone has a happy, healthy summer.

Online misinformation poses “an urgent and insidious threat to the nation’s health” and could undermine the country’s efforts to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. surgeon general warned in a recent health advisory.