
Sarah Boden
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COVID continues to menace nursing homes across the US. In a new report, the CDC found just 4 out of 10 nursing home residents have gotten an updated COVID shot since last fall.
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Allegheny County’s Board of Health held a preliminary vote Wednesday to create a Housing Advisory Committee.
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The Family Care Act has bipartisan support in the Pennsylvania House and Senate.
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The WIC program that helps low-income parents buy groceries turns 50 this month.
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Though the FTC wants to ban non-competes, it has limited jurisdiction over non-profits. A bill in the Pa. legislation would end them for all medical professionals.
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The Pennsylvania Doula Commission will provide $1,500 to 25 expecting families for doula services.
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A University of Pittsburgh study finds that since the Dobbs ruling, more young adults are seeking permanent contraception.
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The Pitt Men's Study — one of the longest-running studies on HIV and AIDS research — turns 40 this month.
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The sun broke through the morning's clouds in western Pennsylvania, providing area residents the chance to see the solar eclipse on Monday.
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As millions of Americans look to the sky on Monday to witness the total solar eclipse, a group of young astronomers from the University of Pittsburgh will be in a sparse pocket of the Texas Hill Country trying to crack a 200-year-old mystery about shadow bands.