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On today’s episode of The Confluence: WESA senior reporter Margaret J. Krauss explains why an affordable apartment complex previously held by East Liberty Development, Inc. is being sold, leaving many low-income residents scrambling for housing; and we hear from two parents who, after losing their daughter to a drug overdose, worked with the County Medical Examiner’s Office to bring other grieving families resources and information in the aftermath of a death.
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On today's program: Coroners say they can help officials get an accurate count of COVID-19 victims; how federal prisoners are faring since local courts…
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A new study from the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health finds that opioid-related overdose deaths are being underreported, and this means…
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A recent report from Allegheny County’s medical examiner on the number of overdose fatalities in 2017 contains both good and bad news.For the fourth year…
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Testing stamp bags seized by law enforcement can give almost real-time insight into what drugs are circulating in the community before a public health…
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The Allegheny County Medical Examiners Office is one of only a few in the country that also has an in-house forensic laboratory.90.5 WESA’s Deanna Garcia…
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Drug-related deaths are usually ruled accidental.But one Pennsylvania coroner said he's ruling some overdoses homicides. Lycoming County Coroner Charles…
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The man known for hit songs like "Chances Are," "Misty" and "It's Not For Me To Say," Johnny Mathis, is coming to Pittsburgh next week to perform with the…
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The man known for hit songs like "Chances Are," "Misty" and "It's Not For Me To Say," Johnny Mathis, is coming to Pittsburgh next week to perform with the…