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Q&A: As vaccination rates dip, how are Allegheny County leaders responding?

Dr. Barbara Nightingale, Allegheny County Health Department deputy director for clinical services, sits for a portrait in her office, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025, in...

Worried about turning 60? Science says that’s when many of us actually peak

Family celebrating mother's birthday on a video call at home. Getty Images by Gilles E. Gignac, The University of Western Australia As your youth fades further...

Why your late teens and early 20s are crucial times for lifelong heart health

Many young adults don’t realize that high cholesterol, obesity, high blood pressure and lack of physical activity are early heart disease risk factors. Kmatta/Moment via...

Double dutch squad aims to rope Pittsburgh kids into sport, and off of phones

From left, Niara Dean-Wasim, Aicha Conde-Cyrus, Fatou Conde-Cyrus, Aliya Samson, and Danae Darwin jump between the ropes as coaches Arista Hunter and Shawnte Knox...

St. Louis County shooting spree puts spotlight on teen gun violence

Jo'Lon Johnson 12, has his candle lit in honor of those lost and survivors of gun violence during a Sunday evening Dec. 10, 2023...

Dozens of US adolescents are dying from drug overdoses every month − an expert on substance use unpacks the grim numbers

by Ty Schepis, Texas State University Drug overdose deaths in the United States continue to rise. Overdoses claimed more than 112,000 American lives from May 2022...

Gun deaths among children and teens have soared – but there are ways to reverse the trend

  Rebeccah Sokol, University of Michigan; Marc A. Zimmerman, University of Michigan, and Patrick Carter, University of Michigan Firearm injuries are now the leading cause of...

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