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Jason Nark • www.inquirer.com

A Hospital Slowly Fades Away in Rural Pennsylvania

Berwick, a town of about 10,000 in Columbia County, is without a hospital for the first time in more than a century.

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Zoe Read • WHYY

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Staff • Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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As measles cases continue to rise in Pennsylvania, another resident has died after contracting the disease — the fifth fatality in the outbreak....

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Ben Seal • Pennsylvania Capital-Star

Specter of ‘Forever Chemicals’ Looms Over PA’s Rural Communities

When Nicole Williams moved into her house in Pennsylvania’s North Centre Township in 2011, it was a homecoming. She’d spent the first few years of...

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Staff • Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Allegheny Co. Health Board Votes to Approve Paid Parental Leave Policy

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Johnny Diaz • The New York Times

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More than 50 new cases of measles have been reported in Pennsylvania since Wednesday, state health officials said, as efforts continue to combat an...

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Angela Couloumbis • Spotlight PA

Oversight in PA Aging Dept May Leave Older Adults at Risk

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Stephana Ocneanu • Post-Gazette

Number of Pennsylvanians Going Hungry Rises Sharply

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'Free' Health Care is Anything But

Megan Martin • RealClearPennsylvania • September 22, 2026

P.J. O’Rourke once famously wrote, “If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it’s free.” Pennsylvania House Democrats want to test that theory.

Pennsylvania House Rep. Greg Scott introduced House Bill (HB) 2763, which would establish a state-run, single-payer health-care system in the commonwealth. He calls this “Medicare for All,” but what it really means is a fiscal and healthcare disaster for all Pennsylvanians. The bill is now under consideration in the House Insurance Committee.

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Staff • PCS