Kiley Koscinski
Health and Science ReporterKiley Koscinski is 90.5 WESA's health and science reporter. She also works as a fill-in host for All Things Considered. Kiley has previously served as WESA's city government reporter and as a producer on The Confluence and Morning Edition. Before coming to WESA, she produced multiple dayparts at KDKA Radio and managed the afternoon assignment desk where she made coverage decisions with the station’s news director. Kiley has won multiple awards for her reporting including honors from the Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters, the Pennsylvania News Media Association and the Press Club of Western Pennsylvania. Email: kkoscinski@wesa.fm.
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The Allegheny County Health Department was joined by state and local officials Monday to mark the opening of a new public health lab. But federal funds to outfit the lab with new equipment are under question. -
Pittsburgh-area state Rep. Lindsay Powell is urging Harrisburg lawmakers to enshrine into Pennsylvania law a federal act that protects abortion clinics from threats and damages. -
Pittsburgh City leaders joined LGBTQ activists downtown Thursday to urge UPMC to resume providing gender-affirming care for transgender youth. -
President Donald Trump issued an executive order in January demanding medical institutions that receive federal funding cease gender-affirming care for patients under 19. Despite a court order blocking enforcement of the policy, hospitals such as UPMC have yielded to the new restrictions. -
After a ticketed book event featuring Pennsylvania's senators was canceled in Pittsburgh, hundreds of protesters gathered at Schenley Plaza in Oakland to demand an audience with Democrat John Fetterman and Republican Dave McCormick. -
After weeks of silence, Carnegie Mellon University's president is speaking out about the impact of a shifting federal funding landscape and congressional inquiries. -
The in-house unit will enable jail staff to treat incarcerated individuals suffering with opioid use disorder even if they don’t have an existing prescription for treatment. The jail has also expanded access to treatment medications like methadone. -
The Pennsylvania House passed a legislative package Tuesday designed to enshrine certain provisions of the Affordable Care Act into state law. Democrats say the measures would insulate Pennsylvanians from any changes to the Affordable Care Act by the federal government. -
The National Aviary's Peregrine Falcon Cam caught footage of the falcon couple's first egg of the season Sunday. -
Public health experts in Pennsylvania are keeping an eye on measles cases after two were reported near Philadelphia. Allegheny County health officials say zero cases have been reported near Pittsburgh.
