Kiley Koscinski | WESA

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro has added his voice to a chorus of Democrats and industry leaders calling for the federal government to rein in the development of Artificial Intelligence. At an AI summit in Pittsburgh Thursday, the governor said the United States should also push China for "practical guardrails" to reduce the risk to the public posed by the technology.

Pennsylvania's senators are demanding information about more than 150 health research grants canceled by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services this summer.

The proposal, which must be approved by the state's independent regulatory review commission, was described by the health department as a "modernization" of Pennsylvania's public health regulations, which have not been meaningfully updated since 2001.

Pennsylvania health officials confirmed Thursday that one of the two Lancaster County residents who died was an infant.

A Pennsylvania judge has cleared the way for the state's Medicaid program to begin covering abortions while a constitutional challenge plays out before the state Supreme Court.

Pennsylvania's population is aging into a medical system that isn't ready for it. Physicians with specialized geriatrics training are disappearing.

UPMC laid off 200 workers and eliminated 300 vacant positions Tuesday. The health system said the cuts were part of a routine labor force realignment and affected non-clinical positions.

The Pennsylvania Insurance Department confirmed Monday that all insurers operating in the state "will continue to cover all of the vaccines covered under ACIP's 2024 recommendations."

Pennsylvania lawmakers are considering new regulations for health insurance providers aimed at protecting access to vaccines. The bill comes amid changing vaccine regulations from federal health agencies.

Searchers on Monday night recovered the body of a second worker who died earlier in the day in an explosion at the U.S. Steel Clairton Coke Works — a blast so powerful that Clairton city officials said it could be felt at least two miles from the sprawling industrial complex on the Monongahela River.