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Allegheny County Health Department launches new health survey …

Web90.5 WESA. The Allegheny County Health Department is encouraging residents to participate in a community health survey. The health department estimates …

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Allegheny County receives $7.5M CDC grant to increase …

WebThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has awarded $7.5 million to the Allegheny County Health Department to increase the number of public health …

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Shapiro names Dr. Debra Bogen as new Pa. Health Secretary

WebAllegheny County. Pennsylvania Gov.-elect Josh Shapiro appointed Allegheny County Health Department director Dr. Debra Bogen to be the state’s …

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To boost COVID-19 vaccine access, UPMC opens Hill District clinic

Web90.5 WESA. Dr. Tracy Condi, UPMC's chair of family medicine. A permanent COVID-19 vaccination site opened in Pittsburgh’s majority-Black Hill District on Monday. …

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How Pittsburgh became a city of medical innovation 90.5 WESA

WebThese fledgling hospitals were put to the test during the region’s first major health crises: outbreaks of cholera and typhoid. During a two-week span in September …

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National rise in syphilis cases also seen in Allegheny County

WebInternal data AHN shared with WESA shows that new cases of syphilis among the health system’s patients nearly quadrupled between 2018 and 2022, going from 43 …

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As Pennsylvania’s Medicaid 'unwinding' hits a year, thousands …

WebIt’s been one year since Pennsylvania began “unwinding” its pandemic-era Medical Assistance program. During the pandemic, people could stay enrolled in …

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Pennsylvania officials unveil plan to make residents healthier

WebThe SHIP details plans to improve the health and life expectancy of state residents and while striving to eliminate health inequities. Nine goals have been laid out …

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Respiratory therapy patients learn harmonica to improve lungs

WebA musician needs full lungs to play the harmonica. That makes the pocket-size instrument just what the doctor ordered for respiratory therapy patients at Allegheny …

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Pitt AIDS study turns 40, turns to questions of aging with HIV

WebThe National Institutes of Health says that since then more than 700,000 thousand people have died in the U.S. from AIDS-related causes – including some …

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Allegheny County and Pittsburgh COVID-19 data on cases

WebOn Sunday, Jan. 2, Dr. Anthony Fauci said that because omicron seems to be milder, the hospitalization rate is a better data point to watch than the overall case count. …

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Pennsylvania seeing high levels of respiratory virus activity 90.5 …

Web90.5 WESA. Cases of COVID-19, flu and RSV are increasing nationwide, and in Pennsylvania respiratory virus activity levels in the state have gone from low to high in …

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Pa. legislature bill could end non-compete agreements for most …

WebWhen Dr. Lorraine Rosamilia left her job at a dermatology practice in State College, she said the non-compete she'd signed 17 years ago banned her from working …

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What consumers should know as Philips agrees to $1.1 billion …

WebThe medical device maker Philips has agreed to a $1.1 billion settlement to address claims brought by thousands of people with sleep apnea who say they were …

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Proposed Pa. Medicaid changes would provide food and housing …

WebPublished December 19, 2023 at 5:32 AM EST. Kate Giammarise. /. 90.5 WESA. Inside the new location of the 9th Street Clinic in McKeesport, a free clinic for adults without health …

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The jump in measles cases in 2023 is 'very concerning' says WHO

WebOver the past 20 years, there's been a lot of progress when it comes to combating measles. But the World Health Organization's latest global numbers, released …

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This ancient amber in Lebanon offers a glimpse into Earth's history

WebAri Daniel is a reporter for NPR's Science desk where he covers global health and development.

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Conspiracy theories are creating a new age of unproven medical

WebMiracle cures: Online conspiracy theories are creating a new age of unproven medical treatments. An Amish woman from Ohio floats with a pool noodle among …

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CDC says 3 women diagnosed with HIV after receiving 'vampire …

WebThis electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health shows a human T cell, in blue, under attack by HIV, in yellow, the virus that …

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Riverview Park is Pittsburgh’s latest accredited tree haven

WebGlynis comes from a long line of Pittsburgh editors and has 16 years of experience reporting, producing and editing in the broadcasting industry.

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Tiny plastic pieces top the list of trash on Great Lakes beaches

WebA new report by the non-partisan, non-profit group Alliance for the Great Lakes found that 86% of litter collected on Great Lakes beaches contains plastics.. The …

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Allegheny General nurses ratify contract with average 23% pay …

WebUpdate on Nov. 3, 2023: Nurses at Allegheny General Hospital have ratified a three-year contract, which the union SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania calls a historic agreement. Over …

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So your property has been 'Banksy-ed.' Now what

WebValentine's Mascara by street artist Banksy, on the side of a house in Margate, England. It's a question Dennis Stinchcombe found himself asking about 10 years ago …

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