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A recent report from Allegheny County’s medical examiner on the number of overdose fatalities in 2017 contains both good and bad news.For the fourth year…
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Fifteen in every 1,000 babies born in Pennsylvania in 2016 and 2017 were suffering from drug withdrawal, according to a new report from the Pennsylvania…
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Acclaimed poet Sheryl St. Germain is a college professor whose son died of a heroin overdose in 2014, after a long struggle with drug abuse. He was 30…
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As part of the effort to fight opioid addiction, Pennsylvania state Sen. Jay Costa (D - Forest Hills) has proposed a bill that would allow courts to send…
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Allegheny County may not have seen a huge jump in obesity rates, but it certainly hasn't seen a downward trend, according to a survey released Wednesday…
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The Allegheny County Medical Examiners Office is one of only a few in the country that also has an in-house forensic laboratory.90.5 WESA’s Deanna Garcia…
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Sarah Womack stands in the center of her daughter’s pink room and explains why she had to take the frame off the bed and leave the mattress on the floor.…
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University of Pittsburgh’s School of Health Science is entering the battle against the nationwide opioid epidemic.Donald Burke, dean of Pitt’s Graduate…
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University of Pittsburgh’s School of Health Science is entering the battle against the nationwide opioid epidemic.Donald Burke, dean of Pitt’s Graduate…
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A new report – the first of its kind in Pennsylvania – which looked at drug overdose totals for 62 counties, highlights the problem of prescription drug…