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One study published in “Neurology” last year found that Black patients are less likely than white patients to receive a headache diagnosis (47% versus 70%), and less likely to receive a prescription for migraine medication (14% versus 37%).

Rutgers University has partnered with the environmental engineering firm WSP USA to develop oyster beds that could also protect coastlines from storms, flooding, and erosion.

In Pennsylvania, abortion is still legal through 23 weeks of pregnancy, and later than 23 weeks if the pregnant person’s health is at risk. But uncertainty about the state of reproductive rights in the country — and a looming November election — has led some people in the Keystone State to make some serious considerations about how to permanently prevent pregnancy.

Thousands of parents and caregivers in Pennsylvania are unfairly labeled as child abusers before they’re able to defend themselves, according to a lawsuit filed in Commonwealth Court by parents, caregivers, and community organizations.

Pennsylvania pharmacists and doctors are still at loggerheads over two bills that would allow pharmacies to continue administering pediatric vaccinations, as they’ve done throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

"Every bit helps, and this really helps and in a very timely way.”

Thirty states and Washington, D.C. have either implemented or are in the process of implementing sexual assault kit tracking systems.

Word about “flurona” is spreading these days, much like the two things that inspired the nickname — the coronavirus and the influenza virus.

PFAS are so long-lasting that contamination has been found decades after it was released into the environment, and labs show the chemicals stay in the human bloodstream for years.

The agency said the three-year plan would prevent this class of toxic chemicals from being released into the environment and speed up the cleanup process.