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Health professionals, activists stage ‘die-in’ to protest UPMC’s elimination of gender-affirming care
WESA - Pennsylvania
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September 9, 2025
Pittsburgh medical providers joined the city’s LGBTQ community Monday to protest sweeping cuts to gender-affirming care at UPMC facilities. It’s the latest push in a broader effort within the health system to reinstate gender-affirming care for...
RAM returns to Erie to provide free medical and dental exams
Go Erie - Pennsylvania
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Northwestern Pennsylvanians can receive free medical and dental care once again Sept. 13-14 when Remote Area Medical returns to Erie. The massive, mobile clinic provided care for 310 people during its first visit to the Erie Center for Arts and...
Reading Area Community College Ranked Number Two in Best Nursing Schools in Pennsylvania
Berks Community TV - Pennsylvania
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September 9, 2025
From Reading Area Community College Reading Area Community College’s Nursing Program has been ranked number two in Pennsylvania for 2026 by RegisteredNursing.org in their 10th annual rankings of the best nursing schools. This recognition shines a...
Pa. DEP secretary asks U.S. Health and Human Services not to cut mine safety research jobs
Free Press Courier - Pennsylvania
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Aerial shot of the NIOSH campus in Bruceton, Allegheny County. (Photo from the CDC) State Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Jessica Shirley sent a letter to U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Sec. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. last week,...
Lung Health Champions Converge on Capitol Hill to Protect Lifesaving Care, Coverage and Federal Public Health Programs
WFMZ - Pennsylvania
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American Lung Association to host 3rd Respiratory Advocacy Day in Washington, D.C., on September 10 WASHINGTON, Sept. 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- On September 10, the American Lung Association will host its third Respiratory Advocacy Day, bringing...
Penn psychiatry professor calls for public health approach to gun violence
The Daily Pennsylvanian
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The Daily Pennsylvanian is a student-run nonprofit. Please support us by disabling your ad blocker on our site. Penn clinical psychiatry professor Paul Kettl has joined a rising group of researchers advocating for a public health strategy to...
Exposure to Air Pollution Worsens Alzheimer's Disease, Penn Research Finds
Newswise
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September 9, 2025
Newswise — Exposure to high concentrations of air pollution may worsen Alzheimer’s disease (AD) by accelerating the buildup of toxic proteins in the brain and speeding up cognitive decline. For the first time, post-mortem tissue from people with...
Pennsylvania Native Miss Earth USA Haley Grace Poe to Host Goodwill's Sustainable Re-Think Fashion Show - the Eco Edit
WFMZ - Pennsylvania
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New York Fashion Week designer Dell Scott takes center stage along with University of Delaware students on September 18 NEW CASTLE, Del., Sept. 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Goodwill of Delaware & Delaware County is proud to announce its signature...
Mike Wagner Recovering, Released From Hospital Following Port Royal Crash
FloRacing - Texas
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September 8, 2025
Veteran Sprint Car racer Mike Wagner has been treated and released from Central Pennsylvania-area hospital Geisinger Medical Center following Saturday's nasty Tuscarora heat race crash at Port Royal Speedway, the Harrisonville, Pa., driver's team...
Air pollution exposure linked to faster progression of Alzheimer’s disease
Medical News
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September 9, 2025
Exposure to high concentrations of air pollution may worsen Alzheimer's disease (AD) by accelerating the buildup of toxic proteins in the brain and speeding up cognitive decline. For the first time, post-mortem tissue from people with AD revealed...
This Deadly Disease Is Spread by Bug Poop—and It’s All Over the U.S.
AOL
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This Deadly Disease Needs to Be on Your Radar Ed Reschke - Getty Images Chagas disease, aka “kissing bug” disease is now endemic in the US. The disease has been detected as far north as Pennsylvania. Chagas disease can be deadly if it’s left...
Emergency medicine then and now: From Civil War battlefields to everyday frontlines
WUSF - Florida
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September 9, 2025
Gettysburg was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War, with over 50,000 casualties during the three-day conflict in July 1863. Field surgeons were overwhelmed with patients and armed with little more than courage and primitive surgical tools. On...
Iowa court rules Pennsylvania health insurer must pay $500K
Des Moines Register - Iowa
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A Pennsylvania health insurer must pay nearly half a million dollars in penalties for violating an injunction that ordered the company not to send mailers that impose rate and benefit changes to hundreds of elderly Iowa policyholders, a Polk...
New SNAP work requirements in Pennsylvania: What to do to avoid losing your food stamps?
MARCA
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September 8, 2025
With the arrival of September, Pennsylvania is implementing significant changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), a move that could affect thousands of state residents. These new work requirements, a provision of a recently...
Eight protesters arrested after sit-in at shuttered Crozer-Chester Medical Center
The Philadelphia Inquirer - Pennsylvania
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Eight people were arrested after staging a sit-in at Crozer-Chester Medical Center on Monday morning to protest the Delaware County health system’s closure earlier this year. Put People First PA!, an organization that advocates for Medicaid and...
This Deadly Disease Needs to Be on Your Radar
Prevention
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September 8, 2025
Chagas disease, aka “kissing bug” disease is now endemic in the US. The disease has been detected as far north as Pennsylvania. Chagas disease can be deadly if it’s left untreated. A deadly “kissing bug” disease that was once limited to central...
UM Health-Sparrow bracing for Michigan Avenue construction
Fox 47 - Michigan
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September 8, 2025
LANSING, Mich — The ongoing Michigan Avenue construction project is advancing in front of University of Michigan Health-Sparrow Lansing, and patients and visitors are encouraged to use alternate routes to avoid delays. The next phase of...
Pharmacies in Pa. can now give COVID shots. That doesn’t mean widespread access will follow.
The Daily Item - Pennsylvania
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HARRISBURG — Pharmacies in Pennsylvania are now able to offer COVID-19 vaccines, but that doesn’t mean everyone who wants a shot will be able to get one at these health care stores. At the behest of Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration, the State...
Hospital fights administration over transgender kids' medical records
The York Dispatch - Pennsylvania
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The Philadelphia Inquirer talked to 10 parents of transgender children who have received gender-affirming treatment at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. The Department of Justice has subpoenaed medical records of hundreds of children treated...
Nonprofit feeds community, teaches kids healthy eating
CBS 4 - Minnesota
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On one corner in north Minneapolis, you'll find more than just an urban farm. You'll also find opportunity, thanks to Appetite for Change. Not only is the nonprofit teaching kids about healthy eating habits, but they're helping the entire...