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The Pennsylvania Department of Health says its system of designating some coronavirus vaccines for people who already had their first dose is part of why the state appears to be lagging behind other states in how quickly shots are being administered.
Both the Pfizer BioNTech and Moderna vaccines being distributed in the U.S. require a second shot a few weeks after the first.
Nationwide, 50 million doses of those vaccines have been given to health care providers, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data show. About 32 million have been reported as used 65 percent of the total.
Pennsylvania is well below the national average. As of Tuesday, pharmacies and health systems across most of the commonwealth have gotten about 2 million doses. More than 1 million have been given to people 57 percent, CDC data show. (Philadelphia is not included because it gets its vaccines through its health department and reports its numbers separately).
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Developer Seeks To Seize Pittsburgh Block As Conservator
Law360 (February 1, 2021, 3:56 PM EST) A developer is asking a Pennsylvania state court to give it control over a block of properties in Pittsburgh s Oakland neighborhood using the state s conservatorship law, as the land s owner has allegedly fallen behind on an ambitious but controversial plan for the surrounding area.
Penn Pioneer Enterprises LLC petitioned the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas on Friday to appoint it conservator of a dozen parcels at the southern edge of the neighborhood, near the University of Pittsburgh and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center hospitals, on the grounds that owner Oakland Gateway Ventures LP had not occupied or marketed the properties.