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On today’s program: Allegheny County’s chief medical examiner talks about trends in the recently released total number of fatal overdoses from last year; and two mothers tell their experiences in cleaning their homes after losing children to fatal gunshot wounds.
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The Confluence, where the news comes together, is 90.5 WESA’s daily news program. Tune in weekdays at 9 a.m. to hear newsmakers and innovators join…
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Testing stamp bags seized by law enforcement can give almost real-time insight into what drugs are circulating in the community before a public health…
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Fentanyl deaths outranked those attributed to heroin last year for the first time in Allegheny County, according to data released Thursday by the medical…
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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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Drug-related deaths are usually ruled accidental.But one Pennsylvania coroner said he's ruling some overdoses homicides. Lycoming County Coroner Charles…
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From a corridor outside the intake bays at the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s office, chief examiner Karl Williams takes a mental…
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The Allegheny County Crime Lab is a full lab that performs a wealth crime-related tasks, such as DNA testing and crime scene analysis, but it’s funding…
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Health care providers wrote 259 million prescriptions for painkillers in 2012, enough for every adult in the U.S. to have a bottle of pills, according to…