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Pennsylvanians want state investing in schools
Times Observer - Pennsylvania
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By MARC STIER The landmark 2023 ruling by Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Court in the school funding case wasn’t just another judicial decision – it was a powerful affirmation of what many educators, parents, and advocates have long known: our...
Health care teams must be led by physician
Times Observer - Pennsylvania
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In the ever-evolving landscape of healthcare, two fundamental principles should always guide our decisions: do no harm and put patients’ interests first. As a family physician, I have worked alongside skilled nurse practitioners (NPs) throughout...
Capital Health opens new primary care office in New Hope
Mercer Times - New Jersey
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July 19, 2025
Dr. Andrew Davenport, Family Medicine | Capital Health SystemDr. Andrew Davenport, Family Medicine | Capital Health System Capital Health Medical Group has announced the opening of a new primary care office in New Hope, Pennsylvania. The facility...
School smartphone bans reflect growing concern over youth mental health
The Daily Press - Michigan
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Editor’s note: The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Today’s piece is by Margaret Murray, University of Michigan-Dearborn. (THE CONVERSATION) — The number of states banning...
The Landlord Gutting America’s Hospitals
WNYC - New York
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July 19, 2025
Al Letson: From the Center for Investigative Reporting and PRX, this is Reveal. I’m Al Letson, and let me set the scene. It’s spring 2025. We’re in West Monroe, Louisiana. It’s the kind of small town where you stop for lunch on a road trip, and...
Pennsylvania Department of Health reclassifies fentanyl copycats, allowing harsher penalties
Just the News
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July 18, 2025
(The Center Square) - In recent years, synthetic opioids including copycat versions of fentanyl have taken an opioid crisis that began with prescription painkillers and dragged it to new depths. Among this new wave is a class of drugs called...
Pennsylvania Appellate Court Latest to Acknowledge PSQIA Privilege
National Law Review
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July 18, 2025
The Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act (PSQIA) is a potential game-changer in health care providers’ ongoing effort to secure the privilege against disclosure in litigation that is necessary to achieve the frank, effective, and reliable...
Pennsylvania Perspective for Thursday, July 17, 2025
JD Supra - California
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July 18, 2025
Pennsylvania PA Budget Bill Passes in House, Stalls in Senate On Monday, the Democratic-led state House voted to forward their state budget bill to the Senate, where GOP leadership is skeptical of full passage. While the House’s proposal is poised...
Healthy food cafe Toastique opens Saturday in Newtown Square
Delaware County Daily Times - Pennsylvania
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July 18, 2025
NEWTOWN TOWNSHIP — With healthy food options for breakfast, lunch and in-between, Toastique, a popular gourmet toast, juice and coffee bar, will open Saturday in the Ellis Preserve at 108 Squire Drive, Newtown Square. Toastique brings a fresh and...
Hospital chain claims "greed and bad faith misconduct" led to bankruptcy
CBS News
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Steward Health Care, an embattled hospital chain that has been the focus of federal scrutiny, has filed new court papers blaming the company's financial woes on its founding chief executive. The company alleges that the ex-CEO and three former...
Melanoma survivor shares story to encourage Pittsburghers to prioritize skin health
WTAE 4 Pittsburgh - Pennsylvania
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July 19, 2025
Melanoma survivor shares story to encourage Pittsburghers to prioritize skin health TO THE CDC, MEN ARE BEING DIAGNOSED WITH MELANOMA SKIN CANCER AT A MUCH HIGHER RATE THAN WOMEN, 58% TO 42%. AND THEY ARE ALSO DYING AT AN EVEN HIGHER RATE THAN...
Mary Gay Scanlon criticizes GOP over food aid and healthcare policies
South Delco News - Pennsylvania
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July 18, 2025
Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon, who represents Pennsylvania’s 5th district in the U.S. Congress, has recently criticized Republican policies regarding food aid, healthcare, and support for low-income seniors through a series of posts on her...
States push back on PE ownership in healthcare: 6 notes
Becker's ASC Review
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July 18, 2025
The recent collapse of two private equity-backed healthcare companies — Los Angeles-based Prospect Medical Holdings and Dallas-based Steward Healthcare — have resulted in significant pushback on PE involvement in healthcare from individual states,...
Luigi Mangione lawyers: DA office improperly obtained medical records
United Press International (UPI)
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July 18 (UPI) -- Luigi Mangione's attorneys allege Manhattan prosecutors wrongly obtained the medical records from the insurance carrier of the suspect in the shooting death of the UnitedHealthcare CEO in December. In a court filing Thursday in...
BY THE NUMBERS | What are the leading causes of death in Pennsylvania?
WGAL 8 - Pennsylvania
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July 18, 2025
NEW TONIGHT THE NEWS EIGHT TEAM IS DIGGING THROUGH THE DATA TO SHOW WHAT’S KILLING THE MOST PENNSYLVANIANS EVERY YEAR, AND WHICH DEMOGRAPHICS ARE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO WHAT. THE CDC’S MOST RECENT FIGURES SHOW THE TOP FIVE LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH...
Pennsylvania Unemployment Rate Rises to 4.0%
Politics PA
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July 18, 2025
The Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) today released its preliminary employment situation report for June 2025. Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate was up one-tenth of a percentage point over the month to 4.0 percent in June. The...
Luigi Mangione’s defense: NY prosecutors issued ‘fraudulent’ subpoena for medical records
The Columbian - Washington State
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The attorneys for alleged UnitedHealthcare CEO killer Luigi Mangione accused prosecutors of unlawfully obtaining and reviewing their client’s medical records in a Thursday letter to the court overseeing Mangione’s New York criminal case. The...
Fargo Frenzy: Pennsylvania Dominates Junior Nationals as Underdogs Shine Bright
Sports Illustrated - New York
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July 17, 2025
The Championship matches at the 2025 U.S. Marine Corps Junior Nationals were held on Wednesday night at the Fargodome in North Dakota. Pennsylvania ran away with the team title putting up 221 points to second place California’s 160, with Illinois...
No one knows whether Trump’s $50B for rural health will be enough
Nebraska Examiner
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July 18, 2025
Congress set aside $50 billion for rural hospitals and medical providers to allay fears over the billions more in historic cuts to federal health care spending that President Donald Trump signed into law on Independence Day. But is that bandage...
Entities report several large healthcare data breaches to OCR
mHealthIntelligence
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In recent weeks, several large data breaches have been reported to the HHS Office for Civil Rights, or OCR, collectively affecting millions of individuals across the U.S. At the time of publication, more than 30 million individuals had been...