Rep. Jim Struzzi discusses syringe services bill at Bolivar town hall meeting.
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Oversight board to secretly review how Pa. counties spent millions of dollars to fight opioid crisisCounties must report how they spent tens of millions of dollars they received in the first rounds of opioid settlement payments.
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The project is part of an initiative from NASA and the National Science Foundation to collect data and give students a chance to learn about scientific ballooning.
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Allegheny County’s Board of Health is set to vote Wednesday on proposed changes to Article VI — the main county code provision that governs the work of the Health Department in regulating housing.
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The Moses Taylor Foundation found that school nurses are under-resourced and understaffed. To help solve that problem, the foundation and Penn State Pro Wellness created the Nurse Mentorship Program.
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Popular chatbots are spitting out fabricated and misleading information that risks disenfranchising voters leading up to the 2024 election, according to a new report.
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The University of Pittsburgh is one of more than 70 sites across the United States and Canada to collaborate on the AHEAD study, which targets amyloid plaque in the brain.
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As pharmacies close across the state, Penn State researchers are working to inform rural communities about the potential impacts of these closures. The study is based on a small borough that lost its only pharmacy and primary health care facility in 2020.
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Buprenorphine is prescribed far less in racially and ethnically diverse areas, according to new study from Pitt researchers.
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Vice President Kamala Harris announced Tuesday that Pennsylvania will receive nearly $200 million for clean water projects in the latest disbursement from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The majority of that, $99 million, is being allocated for clean water projects, which can go toward things like fixing stormwater drains.
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A bill to legalize syringe services in Pa. just passed a historic hurdle, but GOP opposition remainsThe CDC says new users of syringe services programs are more likely to enter drug treatment. But providers in most of Pennsylvania risk arrest.