Philadelphia has more fatal traffic accidents than other big US cities, and they’re concentrated in poor neighborhoods.
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Pittsburgh helped pioneer the polio vaccine. Now, as measles cases rise across Pennsylvania, an epidemiologist explains the disease and the vaccine that prevents it.
The nation’s first successful circulating library was established almost 300 years ago by Benjamin Franklin in Philadelphia.
When state health departments, federal health agencies and medical societies diverge, how is an ordinary person supposed to know whom to trust?
Many levees built in the mid-1900s do not offer enough protection for today’s storms, and small rural communities in particular struggle to afford needed upgrades.
TikTok’s lawsuit fits a pattern – from cigarettes to opioids – of courts stepping in where lawmakers won’t.
A version of ‘Fountain’ is part of the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s permanent collection and will appear in the Duchamp retrospective, which opens Oct. 10, 2026.
The people who stretch a person’s sense of humanity may be the ones no algorithm currently selects.
In closely contested House and Senate races, even a small shift in union votes could influence the outcome.
The Environmental Rights Amendment of the PA Constitution guarantees the right to clean air, pure water and to the preservation of the aesthetic values of the environment.
New Penn State research on nearly 200,000 Pennsylvania teens finds everyday bonds with family, school and community may help prevent youth suicide.
Energy is meant to improve people’s lives. Often cost prevents residents from making the most of that opportunity, so they cut back on energy use to be able to pay the bills.
Nearly 14,000 people in one Pittsburgh-area county could lose a benefit that’s long been considered one of the country’s most effective anti-poverty tools.
A Carnegie Mellon University marketing researcher explains why the love of a retro Pizza Hut has more to do with the relationships attached to it than pizza.
Pennsylvania logged 852 severe weather reports from March through June – more than double the 30-year average. A meteorologist explains what keeps the storms coming.
Wastewater from Pennsylvania’s oil and gas wells is salty and radioactive, and doesn’t suppress dust. Two researchers explain why it keeps ending up on rural roads.
Allegheny County can now order treatment for people with serious mental illness. But what’s driving results – the order itself or the services behind it?
Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court says skill games are gambling. As lawmakers rush to tax them, a CMU scholar says the debate skips a more fundamental question.
Supporters of the ban argue that kids need a break from constant phone notifications so they can focus on learning and social skills instead.
When coroners shield their records from public view, they’re not just violating the public trust. Often, they’re also breaking the law.
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