3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (625+ words) Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies America, a bipartisan campaign founded by philanthropists Olivia and Tom Walton, announced a $100 million pledge Thursday to make giving birth in the United States safer. The five-year commitment aims to cut the maternal mortality rate in…...

5+ day, 2+ min ago   (389+ words) NEW YORK — A major American aid group is promising to deliver more medicines in high-need areas around the world after receiving its largest ever donation. Americares, a nonprofit that supports thousands of health centers globally, announced a $50 million gift Wednesday…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (454+ words) A new Pittsburgh nonprofit that aims to fight rare diseases took to Wall Street Friday morning to ring in the trading day at the New York Stock Exchange. Rare Ventures, a coalition of medical experts, industry veterans and philanthropists — backed…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (300+ words) McKeesport residents will soon step into a newly modernized public health office following the Thursday unveiling of a $1.2 million renovation project designed to expand local services and welcome an estimated 150 visitors daily. The significant overhaul by the Allegheny County Health…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (485+ words) Part community center, part gift shop. That’s the vibe behind Tarentum’s newest East Sixth Avenue storefront, Vibrations. “We want to be a place where people can heal, or maybe just come and spend time,” co-owner Kim Petrikovic said. The Tarentum…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (266+ words) UPMC will close its Center for Integrative Medicine — which offers services like acupuncture, chiropractic therapy and medical hypnosis — after more than 25 years, the hospital system confirmed Wednesday. The center in Pittsburgh’s Shadyside neighborhood will stop offering services Nov. 1, a UPMC…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (382+ words) West Virginia University Health System must keep each of its newly acquired hospitals in Western Pennsylvania open for at least five years — among other conditions — as part of a settlement that advances its acquisition of Independence Health System. The settlement,…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1026+ words) Parks Township soon will be home to the largest reproductive health manufacturing facility in North America. Cook Medical-Vandergrift in Parks Township is in the process of expanding after its reproductive health portfolio was acquired by Nexpring Health, a global medical…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (729+ words) Pittsburgh nurses rallied Monday ahead of contract negotiations with Allegheny General Hospital, calling for staffing investments as patient numbers and their care needs rise. Set to begin Tuesday, the negotiations cover roughly 1,500 nurses and nurse practitioners at Allegheny General Hospital....

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (405+ words) WASHINGTON — Vaping company Juul Labs on Friday received federal permission to sell an updated version of its e-cigarette, which includes an optional age-verification system designed to prevent underage use. The decision from the Food and Drug Administration allows the company…...