Health
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Matt Rourke
Former Hahnemann residents fear bankruptcy will leave them without malpractice insurance
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Aneri Pattani / Spotlight PA
Feeling suicidal, she turned to her college. But it had just cut campus mental health services
More than a month after Pennsylvania’s largest community college cut mental health counseling across its five campuses, there is still confusion about how students can access care. -
AP
Disabled veterans group raises concerns over soldiers exposed to burn pits, other issues
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Sarah Boden
Health officials brace for potentially dangerous flu season
Flu season is ramping up and health officials are preparing for a potentially dangerous season.
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Keith Srakocic
Tracking health trends as they happen in Allegheny County
Allegheny County will be one of the first areas in the U.S. to surveil public health trends by accessing electronic medical records.
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Andrew Harnik
To combat suicides, VA secretary calls for modern approach to mental health, starting in service
Veterans suicide remains a huge problem in this country — in 2017, an average of 17 veterans died by suicide each day in the United States. That same year, suicide rates were highest among veteran patients with opioid use disorder.
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Toby Talbot
Pitt study finds that docs who get gifts from opioid manufactures prescribe more opioids
Meals, travel, lodging, education, consulting and speakers’ fees: manufactures of opioid medications often treat physicians to expensive gifts, a practice that’s earned increased scrutiny in light of the opioid epidemic.
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Drug overdoses reach ‘abnormally high’ level in Dauphin County
The state’s opioid command center reports 24 drug overdoses in the county since Nov. 2. -
Charlie Neibergall
Judge rejects new federal health rule affecting abortions
The rule let clinicians object to providing abortions and other services that conflict with their moral and religious beliefs.
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Penn Medicine via AP
Doctors try CRISPR gene editing for cancer, a 1st in the US
This study is not aimed at changing DNA within a person’s body. Instead it seeks to remove, alter and give back to the patient cells that are super-powered to fight their cancer — a form of immunotherapy.
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Seth Wenig
US teen vaping numbers climb, fueled by Juul & mint flavor
By Lindsey Tanner/The Associated Press