The Pennsylvania DOH is using the decades-old Disease Control and Prevention Law (DCPL) to shield information on how it purchased and distributed PPE. Transparency advocates argue that the department’s broad use of the DCPL is leaving citizens suspicious.
By Todd Shepherd
The Editors: 5 questions for Dr. Rachel Levine
The U.S. Senate is set to vote on former PA Health Secretary Rachel Levine’s nomination to U.S. Assistant Secretary of Health. Before Levine is promoted, The Editors at Broad + Liberty have five questions on her record in Pennsylvania that deserve to be answered.
By The Editors
Levine nomination set to glide through Senate
Dr. Rachel Levine’s leadership as the Pa. DOH Secretary during the COVID-19 pandemic did not prove to be a significant hurdle at a U.S. Senate confirmation hearing regarding her nomination to be assistant secretary of health.
By Todd Shepherd
Vaccine doses misallocated in Pennsylvania as intended second doses given out as first doses
Thousands of Covid vaccines earmarked for individuals receiving a second dose were given out as a first shot, causing a vaccine shortage.
By Christen Smith