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New website tracks how Pennsylvania counties spend opioid settlement funds

Pennsylvania considers tying college funding to performance at Temple, Penn State and Pitt

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New nasal swab test holds promise for asthma treatment

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Slap fighting, championed by UFC founder, leaves most participants with concussion signs, Pitt study warns

AFib may be far more common in middle-age adults than once thought

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Pennsylvania woman regained use of her impaired hand years after a stroke by using experimental treatment

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How will a high ankle sprain affect Patrick Mahomes in the Super Bowl? A surgeon explains

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Cold weather brings itchy, irritated, dry and scaly skin. Here's how to treat it

Dry Skin Winter

Temple, Penn State to raise tuition despite plea from GOP lawmakers

Seat belts and smoking rates show people eventually adopt healthy behaviors

Seat Belt Rates

Achieving COVID-19 herd immunity through infection is dangerous, deadly and might not even work

Natural Herd Immunity

The polio vaccine's rollout offers lessons as America awaits a COVID-19 vaccine

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Pitt scientists isolate tiny molecule that may prevent COVID-19

Your smartphone soon may be able to tell if you're drunk

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Compare the flu pandemic of 1918 and COVID-19 with caution

Promising COVID-19 vaccine candidate from Pennsylvania researchers could be fast-tracked for clinical trials

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Pitt researchers develop breathalyzer prototype for marijuana

Marijuana Breathalyzer

First adult case of measles this year confirmed in Pennsylvania

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Children's Health

The anti-vaccination movement is about more than autism

Alcohol's health benefits hard to prove, but harms are easy to document

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National wrestling champion from Pennsylvania found dead on campus

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Pittsburgh man wedges himself between buildings after failed attempt to impress a girl

Phillies prospect Dylan Cozens putting on power display at Double-A

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Research: Hookah session delivers 25 times the tar of a single cigarette

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Physical therapy may be as good as surgery for common back problem

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An eye for a wisdom tooth: dental stem cells tested for blindness treatment

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