Health News
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Paint, Pipes and Soil Can Expose Pa. Children to Lead. How to Stay Safe
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Lead is especially harmful to children because they are developing, so knowing potential exposure sources provides a first layer of protection.
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New Database Tracks How 10s of Millions in Opioid Settlement Dollars Are Being Spent in Pennsylvania
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A first-of-its-kind database from Spotlight PA will now make it easier for the public to track Pennsylvania’s opioid settlement funds.
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Hoarding Disorder Can Drive Families and Communities Apart. Local Support Can Help
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People with hoarding disorder can endanger themselves and their communities if left untreated. An Irwin nonprofit is stepping up to offer support.
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Scammers Can Make the Medicare Enrollment Period Treacherous. Here Are Ways to Protect Yourself
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Toward the end of November, scammers try to leverage a Medicare deadline to pressure older people and caregivers into disclosing sensitive information like Social Security numbers.
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Baby Box at Penn Highlands State College Hospital Provides Safe Haven for Mothers in Crisis
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Penn Highlands State College hospital this week held an interfaith blessing ceremony for its Safe Haven Baby Box, a device that offers a safe and legal option for parents in […]
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Lawmakers Pushed a Slate of Bills to Improve Maternal Health Care in Pa. Why Some Did — and Didn’t — Become Law
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One law mandates the creation of a postpartum depression awareness campaign. A bill allowing Medicaid reimbursement for doulas is up next.
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How Pa.’s Attorney General Candidates Plan to Approach the Opioid Epidemic
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Pennsylvania’s next attorney general will have discretion over prosecuting drug cases and suing big drug companies. Here’s where Democrat Eugene DePasquale and Republican Dave Sunday stand.
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New Limits, Oversight for Pa.’s Medical Marijuana Doctors Proposed in Response to Spotlight PA Investigation
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The bill would give the Department of Health discretion on which doctors in the medical marijuana program would receive extra scrutiny.
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As Problems Roiled Penn State Health’s Transplant Programs, Unknowing Patients Kept Hope. Then They Were Blindsided
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Already sick, former patients of the failed kidney and liver transplant units face rejection and despair as they look elsewhere and grapple with the one thing they cannot afford to lose: time.
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Increasing Nursing Home Closures in Pa. Affect Access to and Quality of Care
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This story first appeared in How We Care, a weekly newsletter by Spotlight PA featuring original reporting and perspectives on how we care for one another at all stages of […]