Sarah Boden
Health & Science ReporterWhen Sarah Boden was a junior in high school she was hired as telemarketer to sell cable internet and TV. Making unsolicited phone calls to taciturn strangers prepared Sarah for a career in journalism.
Today Sarah covers health and science for 90.5 WESA. Before coming to Pittsburgh in November 2017, she was a reporter for Iowa Public Radio where she won a regional Edward R. Murrow for her story on a legal challenge to Iowa's felon voting ban.
Sarah’s reporting has appeared on NPR’s Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Weekend Edition Saturday and WBUR's Here and Now.
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People can now seek treatment for ophthalmology emergencies at the new UPMC Vision Institute Urgent Eye Care Clinic in Pittsburgh. -
The Pennsylvania Department of Health advises long-term care facilities to prepare for another season of respiratory viruses.
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A network of almost 1,400 federally-funded health clinics form an essential safety net for patients who have nowhere else to go. But even a temporary government shutdown could force cutbacks in care.
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If the federal government shuts down, it pauses funding for a raft of services that support vulnerable and low-income Americans. This includes the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP.
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Federally funded health centers across the U.S. fear a government shutdown could further disrupt medical care for the uninsured and undocumented. They already face inflation and staffing challenges.
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New research from the University of Pittsburgh's School of Public Health seeks to understand why Black Allegheny County residents decided to get the COVID-19 vaccine or not get it.
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Community health centers worry they'll lose significant funding — which runs out on Sept. 30 — if Congress doesn’t fund the federal government.
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The Center for Victims emergency shelter will moved to Pittsburgh's South Side in mid-September.
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing that the salamander mussel be listed under the Endangered Species Act.
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At an SEIU rally, Pittsburgh-area nurses argued that a base-hourly wage of $40 an hour and raises will lead to lower nurse-to-patient ratios, which will help retain more senior nurses.
