Pennsylvania lawmakers rebuked U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Wednesday, denouncing disparaging comments he made recently about autism.

As state budget negotiations continue, the Shapiro administration is making the case for more funding to support rural hospitals. Representatives from the state's Department of Health, Department of Human Services and Penn Highlands Healthcare spoke Tuesday at Penn Highlands Tyrone.

International students and recent graduates at the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon have seen their visas revoked by the federal government.

A federal judge says enforcing the requirement that Pennsylvania mail-in ballots include an accurate exterior envelope date violates the federal Constitution.

Some Pennsylvania health care experts say they’re worried what will happen to already struggling rural hospitals if there are cuts or changes to Medicare and Medicaid. The Trump administration has repeatedly said it won’t cut Medicare or Medicaid benefits, but recent moves have sparked fear, including at rural hospitals.

After weeks of silence, Carnegie Mellon University's president is speaking out about the impact of a shifting federal funding landscape and congressional inquiries.

Speaking at the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank in Dauphin County, near Harrisburg, on Tuesday, Gov. Josh Shapiro directed the state’s agriculture secretary to appeal a decision by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to terminate a contract that connects food from 189 Pennsylvania farms with 14 food banks.

One-point-three million Pennsylvania voters are not registered with major political parties, so they can’t vote in primaries.

Public health experts in Pennsylvania are keeping an eye on measles cases after two were reported near Philadelphia. Allegheny County health officials say zero cases have been reported near Pittsburgh.

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and a crypto mining company have agreed to speed the cleanup of the company’s unpermitted coal ash dumping in northwestern Pennsylvania. The agreement was finalized in early March.