Kiley Koscinski
Health and Science ReporterKiley Koscinski is 90.5 WESA's health and science reporter. She also works as a fill-in host for All Things Considered. Kiley has previously served as WESA's city government reporter and as a producer on The Confluence and Morning Edition. Before coming to WESA, she produced multiple dayparts at KDKA Radio and managed the afternoon assignment desk where she made coverage decisions with the station’s news director. Kiley has won multiple awards for her reporting including honors from the Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters, the Pennsylvania News Media Association and the Press Club of Western Pennsylvania. Email: kkoscinski@wesa.fm.
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As the Trump administration weighs cutting off funds to hospitals that provide gender-affirming care for minor patients, the Wall Street Journal reports that UPMC Children's Hospital in Pittsburgh received a federal warning discouraging the care. -
Congressional Republicans argue an 18% reduction in Medicaid funding over the next decade is necessary to improve the stability of the program. But for health care providers — many of whom already face soaring drug and labor costs, staff shortages and insufficient reimbursement rates — the cuts leave a hole big enough to sink a community hospital. -
The Trump administration’s signature tax and domestic policy bill makes historic cuts to Medicaid. Pittsburgh-area advocates warn the effects could devastate health care access for low-income residents. -
Scientists will be able to turn the roughly 60 million billion bytes of image data from the Vera Rubin Observatory into breakthrough discoveries, thanks to data platforms developed in part by Carnegie Mellon University. -
Sponsored by Councilor Barb Warwick, the bills are designed to de-emphasize enforcement of any future law restricting the LGBTQ community from participating in otherwise legal activities. -
In an open letter to UPMC administrators, physicians, therapists, nurses and specialists call on the health system to continue to provide gender-affirming care services for young patients. Providers tell WESA that ending prescriptions for hormone therapy or puberty blockers is a violation of their oath to "do no harm." -
Apple NewsNurses at Magee-Womens Hospital were joined by political leaders at the local, state and federal level at a rally Downtown Friday. Officials denounced what they described as an anti-union effort by UPMC to prevent one of its flagship hospitals from joining SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania. -
Researchers say they’re seeing more ticks throughout Pennsylvania this year. The Pennsylvania Tick Research Lab recorded about two and a half times more ticks this May compared to the same time last year. -
A new type of mRNA vaccine is more adaptable to mutating viruses like SARS-CoV-2 and the bird flu, according to research from the University of Pittsburgh. -
Gov. Josh Shapiro is building on his administration's existing effort to target period poverty by making available free menstrual products at state parks across Pennsylvania.
