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On today’s episode of The Confluence: A new study finds a third of children nationwide are “underinsured,” meaning families, even with health insurance, could experience inadequate coverage; and Pittsburgh City Council has approved legislation to give employees their full pension, removing a 17-year-old policy that reduced pension benefits for some.

More than 70% of Pennsylvania adults are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. But it might take a while before the entire state passes this mark. That’s because less than half of adolescents are fully vaccinated.

A medical tent has been set up outside UMPC’s Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh to expand emergency department capacity.

Medical providers across Allegheny County say they agree with the Wolf Administration’s decision to mandate face masks in child care and K-12 settings.

Katie Clark sits in a lawn chair in the backyard of the Highland Park home of her friend Nia Baton-Soffietti. The women drink coffee while their…

A team of University of Pittsburgh undergraduate students has designed a special pill dispenser that helps kids take their medication on time, by making…

Black babies in Allegheny County are nearly three times more likely than white babies to die before their first birthdays.Low birth weight, which is…

Seven out of 10 babies born to mothers with Hepatitis C at Magee-Women’s Hospital of UPMC are not screened for the virus, which can cause serious liver…

Parents of 180,000 children across Pennsylvania, including 14,000 kids in Allegheny County, are breathing sighs of relief now that funding for the…

Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC is spearheading an initiative meant to standardize care for pediatric transplant patients.The Starzl Network for…