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COVID-19

Pennsylvania launches new virus exposure notification app

HARRISBURG (AP) — Pennsylvania's new coronavirus exposure-notification app is now available on app stores. The release of the app Tuesday is part of Pennsylvania's effort to more quickly break chains of transmission by using the new technology to notify people who may have been exposed. ...

Wolf vetoes school sports bill; override attempt expected

Gov. Tom Wolf on Monday vetoed a bill that would give school districts the sole ability to make decisions on sports, including whether and how many spectators to allow, and lawmakers in the GOP-controlled General Assembly said they would try to override it. The Wolf administration’s limits ...

Anti-fraud efforts in place in unemployment cases

Those who legitimately need unemployment compensation are getting hurt by fraudulent claimants, state labor officials said. The state Department of Labor & Industry said Monday due to an alarming spike in suspicious applications for unemployment benefits through the Pandemic Unemployment ...

Jobless rate drops statewide

Unemployment rates across the state dropped by 2 percentage points, said Jerry Oleksiak, secretary of the state Department of Labor and Industry in a briefing with reporters on Monday. To assist those without jobs, Oleksiak said the process benefits due the staff has increased to 1,640 ...

CDC drops controversial testing advice that caused backlash

NEW YORK — U.S. health officials on Friday dropped a controversial piece of coronavirus guidance and said anyone who has been in close contact with an infected person should get tested. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention essentially returned to its previous testing guidance, ...