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Giant Eagle will take over two former Rite Aid locations in Pittsburgh area
WTAE 4 Pittsburgh - Pennsylvania
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September 8, 2025
Giant Eagle moving into former Rite Aid locations in Pittsburgh and Sewickley Two old Rite Aids in Mount Washington and Sewickley will become Giant Eagle Pharmacy locations A WORK SITE. ACCIDENTAL DEATH. WE HAVE NEW INFORMATION TONIGHT FROM GIANT...
Owner of Penn Hills care home pleads guilty to $2M health care fraud
Pittsburgh Tribune Review - Pennsylvania
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September 8, 2025
The owner of a Penn Hills facility that serves people with intellectual disabilities pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to health care fraud and other crimes that led to $2 million in Medicaid overpayments. Kelley Oliver-Hollis, 61, of...
Rabies vaccine clinic scheduled in Wyomissing in response to rabid kitten
Reading Eagle - Pennsylvania
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September 8, 2025
The Animal Rescue League of Berks County and Wyomissing are hosting a vaccine clinic for dogs and cats at the Wyomissing Fire Department, 1259 Penn Ave., on Sept. 18, from 4 to 6 p.m. On July 26, the ARL received an injured kitten found by a...
ARL to host vaccine clinic following discovery of rabies case
WFMZ - Pennsylvania
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WYOMISSING, Pa. - Following the discovery of a stray kitten that tested positive for rabies in Wyomissing, the Animal Rescue League of Berks County (ARL) announced an upcoming vaccine clinic for local pets. In partnership with Wyomissing Borough,...
California considers allowing doctors to prescribe abortion drugs anonymously
WPRL - Mississippi
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September 10, 2025
A California bill that would allow health care providers to anonymously mail abortion drugs could soon become law, marking the latest effort by a blue state to safeguard access to medication abortion. The two-drug regimen of mifepristone and...
Pedestrian Flown to Hospital After Being Struck by Car in Mercer County
exploreVenango - Pennsylvania
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September 8, 2025
MERCER, Pa. (EYT) — A Sandy Lake man was air lifted to an Ohio hospital with multiple serious injuries after being struck by a vehicle in an alleged DUI crash last week. According to a report from the Pennsylvania State Police in Mercer, the...
Vaccine Confusion Reigns Under MAHA Regime
The American Prospect
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September 10, 2025
The United States is leading the world in COVID-19 deaths. Fourteen states have “very high” wastewater levels of the disease. There is still no cure for long COVID, which sickens 6 out of every 100 people who become infected and can cause serious...
Abortion and voting rights are at stake in Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court election
The Pennsylvania Independent
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This fall, Pennsylvanians will have the chance to vote on whether to keep three Democratic justices on the state Supreme Court. That election will have significant consequences for access to abortion and voting rights in the commonwealth,...
Distributing COVID Vaccines in Pennsylvania
Connect FM - Pennsylvania
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September 8, 2025
scaliger/iStock UNDATED – Pennsylvania pharmacies can now give you COVID-19 vaccines without prescriptions. This follows federal guidelines that limit who can get COVID vaccines from pharmacies. Now, after the Pennsylvania State Board of Pharmacy...
High-Fat Diet May Drive Lung Inflammation in OAA
Medscape
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Eating more high-fat (HF) foods was associated with asthma-like lung inflammation, based on new data from a mouse model followed by testing on human lung tissue. Previous research has shown an association between a HF diet and airway inflammation...
Here’s the increase your health insurance marketplace provider is asking for in 2026
Keystone Newsroom - Pennsylvania
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By USA Today via Reuters Connect Insurers providing coverage through Pennie, the commonwealth’s Obamacare marketplace, are looking to hike premiums by nearly one-fifth in the coming year as they grapple with rising costs, according to state...
How smell loss is connected to brain health
The Beacon - Maryland
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September 8, 2025
How smell loss is connected to brain health By Margaret Foster Posted on September 08, 2025 As we get older, our sense of smell wanes. However, smell loss may be a red flag, indicating neurological disorders such as Parkinson’s disease. The...
WTC Health Program at risk 24 years after Sept. 11 attacks, survivors say
Poughkeepsie Journal - New York
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9/11 advocates say the World Trade Center Health Program is suffering under the second administration of President Trump and leadership of U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 9/11 responders like retired NYPD Det....
Michigan Avenue construction extends in front of UM Health-Sparrow in Lansing
WILX - Michigan
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September 8, 2025
LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - Construction on Michigan Avenue is advancing in front of University of Michigan Health-Sparrow in Lansing. The next phase of the project will begin in mid-September and continue through mid-October, extending west in front...
Eugene DePasquale to chart new course for Pennsylvania Democrats
Keystone Newsroom - Pennsylvania
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September 8, 2025
New Pennsylvania Democratic Party Chair Eugene DePasquale promises to take a stronger stance in opposing President Donald Trump and the Republican Party. Democrats across Pennsylvania are looking at Eugene DePasquale, who served as auditor general...
Pennsylvania plastics company settles 'nurdles' pollution case for $2.6 million
Philly Voice
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September 7, 2025
A Pennsylvania plastics manufacturer will pay $2.6 million for allegedly violating the federal Clean Water Act and will ensure that no more of its plastic pellets leak into waterways, under a proposed settlement with two environmental groups. This...
Sparrow says road construction on Michigan Ave. near hospital is progressing
WKZO - Michigan
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September 8, 2025
LANSING, MI — 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, according to a press release....
'I lost me': How frontotemporal dementia changed a mind and a marriage
Yahoo News
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I lost me. You lost yourself? Yeah. Where did you go? I don’t know. I don’t have a sense of who I am. Marc Pierrat’s mind once ran as smoothly as the gears on his endurance bike. He was a mechanical engineer by training and a marathoner for fun, a...
Do Autoantibody Profiles Vary in Dermatomyositis Subtypes?
Medscape
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TOPLINE: Commercial autoantibody testing showed no significant differences in the prevalence of myositis-specific and myositis-associated autoantibodies between patients with classic dermatomyositis and those with clinically amyopathic...
Medicare awarded $138M to these Philly-area groups for spending less and hitting healthcare quality targets
The Philadelphia Inquirer - Pennsylvania
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Philadelphia-area physician organizations collected more than $138 million in bonuses last year for delivering quality care that saved Medicare money, according to new federal data. For the second year in a row, the best performer was a group of...