Public Health

The school's rain gardens have proven effective at helping prevent raw sewage from overflowing into waterways.

The youth vote made a difference in the 2020 presidential election, and Democrats hope that issues like reproductive rights will bring them out again.

The county’s Office of Public Health will use survey results to shape priorities for the upcoming Community Health Improvement Plan.

Municipalities and utilities are required to create an inventory of lead pipes by October.

The proposal would move marijuana from the “Schedule I” group to the less tightly regulated “Schedule III."

Local 54 of the Unite Here union says many of its 10,000 workers could lose their jobs and the means to support their families if smoking were banned.

The CDC said this is the first documentation of probable infections involving cosmetic services.

Debate lasted more than three hours, at which point House Democrats used a motion to force a vote on the measure.

Health officials say the only way to confirm you have whooping cough is to get a diagnosis.

Younger people, between the ages of 15 and 24, have some of the highest rates of infection.

The designation requires that releases of PFAs and PFOs into soil or water be reported to federal, state or tribal officials if they meet or exceed certain levels.

An upcoming Supreme Court case could determine whether people have the right to sleep on the streets or if homelessness could be criminalized.

The group touted efforts to improve Black maternal health outcomes at the Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg.

Volunteer squads are reimbursed only if they don't receive payment, but legislation would allow reimbursement if they charge insurance companies or individuals for services.

Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly's actions set up a series of confrontations with the Republican-supermajority Legislature over those issues.