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Parts of Delaware County could soon lose emergency medical services
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WHO calls on China to share data on raccoon dog link to pandemic. Here’s what we know
The data was posted briefly on an international database but then abruptly taken down over the weekend.
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Wyoming’s governor has signed a law prohibiting abortion pills
The pills are already banned in 13 states with blanket bans on all forms of abortion
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Katie Blackley
As the number of Pennsylvanians with Alzheimer’s grows, so will the burden on caregivers
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Janice Chang for NPR
School nurses: What the job is like post-pandemic
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Gene J. Puskar
After community pressure, EPA orders Norfolk Southern to test for dioxins
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UPMC Lock Haven is downsizing to an outpatient emergency department, the first in Pa.
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Keith Srakocic
UPMC agrees to pay $8.5 million to settle fraud case involving prominent surgeon
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How to help young people limit screen time — and feel better about how they look
Social media can feel like a comparison trap, says study author Helen Thai
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Democratic state attorneys general sue Biden administration over abortion pill rules
Mifepristone was approved more than 20 years ago to induce first-trimester abortions in combination with a second drug, misoprostol
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A kid in Guatemala had a dream. Today she’s a disease detective
Asturias’ vision swelled beyond a clinic. He wanted to train people and build space to do research “to better monitor these illnesses,”
By Ari Daniel/NPR