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Pennsylvania seeks more hospital beds, staff in COVID-19 surge
The plans involve adding hospital beds within regions for 60 days to absorb patients from swamped hospitals.
Pennsylvania’s acting health secretary to step down
Alison Beam, who had previously served as Wolf’s deputy chief of staff, guided the state’s COVID-19 pandemic response over the past year.
Pennsylvania closer to offering COVID-19 vaccines for children
Late last week the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized the emergency use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children five through 11 years of age.
By Merideth Bucher/WITF Pennsylvania to text people who missed second vaccine shot
Roughly 254,000 people in the state did not get the second shot of a two-shot COVID-19 vaccine.
‘Don’t hold back any doses’: How a conference call with the Pa. Health Department led to vaccine delays
Latino leaders in Pa. work to build trust in vaccines.
People are trying to normalize taking the COVID-19 vaccine in a community that has been disproportionately affected by the disease.
By Anthony Orozco Pa. to distribute 4 million antigen tests, help counties with contact tracing
The state employs 1,600 contact tracers who can support municipalities and counties struggling to keep up with surging case numbers.
Pa. COVID-19 hospitalizations jump as fall resurgence ramps up
The state is in the midst of a spike in COVID-19 infections. Last Friday was the state’s highest one day case load ever reported at 2,219.
By Julia Agos/WITF 
