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On today’s program: Pittsburgh's health outcomes are improving, but not for everyone; what a proposed merger between Pfizer and Canonsburg-based Mylan…
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Allegheny County’s top health official will leave at the end of July.Dr. Karen Hacker, director of the Allegheny County Health Department, will leave to…
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Graphic images on cigarette packaging keep some adult smokers from buying them. But smokers who have their first cigarette within 30 minutes of waking up…
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According to a new report by the advocacy group PennEnvironment, schools in the commonwealth are not required to test for lead -- it's recommended, but…
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The Allegheny County Health Department has been criticized in community meetings and at a state legislative policy hearing for a lack of communication in…
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U.S. Senator Bob Casey was in suburban Pittsburgh Wednesday morning to advocate for protecting health care coverage for people with pre-existing…
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The rate of maternal deaths has risen in the U.S. since 2000. Between 2014 and 2016, 51 Pennsylvania women died from complications due to pregnancy, and…
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*UPDATED: Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018 at 4:35 p.m. Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf has declared Pennsylvania's opioid addiction epidemic a public health emergency…
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In an effort to combat the opioid crisis, the state has distributed more than 27,000 doses of naloxone to 59 counties across the commonwealth. The…
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Wednesday is the first day of the open enrollment period for Americans to buy health insurance through the Affordable Care Act for 2018.About 40,000…