3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (1285+ words) Healthcare workers, parents and business owners made their final public comments Thursday over a proposed Allegheny County parental leave policy that would require employers of all sizes to provide workers with 18 weeks of paid leave, following the birth, adoption or…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (275+ words) WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is promising $500 rebate checks to an estimated 1 million Affordable Care Act enrollees across 30 states, whom the White House alleges were overcharged by the Biden administration for exchange fees. The promise comes after Trump pledged Wednesday to…...

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…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (248+ words) UPMC will double its paid parental leave package for “eligible” employees to four weeks, the hospital system confirmed Wednesday. The move — which goes into effect in 2027 — comes as Allegheny County considers a policy that would require employers of all sizes…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (455+ words) Attorneys for several hospital administrators being sued at Heritage Valley Health System in Sewickley have asked a federal court to dismiss the complaint against them in its entirety. In their motion and 52-page supporting brief filed Tuesday, the hospital and…...

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…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (691+ words) A Pittsburgh-based physician regarded as one of the nation’s top infectious disease experts said this week’s public spat between Gov. Josh Shapiro and U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has unnecessarily politicized the response to the state’s measles…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (582+ words) HIV cases in Allegheny County reached a record low, with the fewest new diagnoses since surveillance of the virus began. Officials said Wednesday that newly released surveillance data from the Allegheny County Health Department showed that 53 people were newly diagnosed…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (600+ words) Mary Gray says turning 101 years old just kind of snuck up on her. “I wasn’t even aware of it,” she said. “Age was never an issue with me.” Gray, who lives independently in Penn Hills, topped the century mark on…...