Health
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Penn Medicine residents vote to approve union contract, a first for Pennsylvania
Resident doctors at Penn Medicine have voted to accept their first union contract, after more than a year of negotiations with the health system. The decision makes them the first residency program in Pennsylvania with a union contract.
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Reid R. Frazier
Scientists skeptical of oil and gas company’s claim that its fracking ‘poses no public health risks’
Scientists who study public health say they’re skeptical of a company’s claims that its fracking “Poses No Public Health Risks.”
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Whooping cough cases are rising to new high levels in Pa.
Whooping cough is making a big comeback in communities nationwide, with especially high numbers in Pennsylvania.
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Brittany Newman
Pennsylvania to distribute $3M to help schools provide free menstrual products
Pennsylvania students will soon have access to free menstrual products in schools. Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration announced late last week that $3 million will be distributed to school districts, intermediate units, career and technical centers as well as brick-and-mortar charter schools to provide period products at no cost to students.
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Michelle Bixby
Penn State professor part of team finding potential new way to treat Alzheimer’s
A team of scientists, including researchers from Penn State, have found that a drug being developed for cancer treatment could also lead to a new treatment for Alzheimer’s and other diseases.
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Rachel McDevitt
Report calls for tougher lead testing standards for Pa. school districts
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say there is no safe level of lead in the blood.
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Katie Blackley
Pa. promotes state parks for helping addiction recovery
Spending time in nature can be a powerful tool to boost mental and physical health for people in recovery from drug addiction.
