Altoona Mirror

UPMC behavioral health pod highlighted in visit by Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs secretary

The secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs visited UPMC Altoona Tuesday to view its Emergency Department’s 9-month-old behavioral health pod, which her department helped ...
The Times Leader

Legislative Roundup: Department of Aging 2-day conference recognizes network of 30,000 volunteers

The Pennsylvania Department of Aging (PDA) this week brought together 200 volunteers and staff from Pennsylvania’s 52 Area ...

Hotline for Pa. farmers sees major drop in calls, texts amid mental health crisis

This story was produced by the State College regional bureau of Spotlight PA, an independent, nonpartisan newsroom dedicated ...

Hotline for Pa. farmers sees 300% drop in calls, texts amid mental health crisis

This story was produced by the State College regional bureau of Spotlight PA, an independent, nonpartisan newsroom dedicated ...
PhillyVoice

Pa. Attorney General Dave Sunday signs letter supporting federal PBM transparency rule

The U.S. Department of Labor seeks to require more transparency from PBMs managing health care plans provided by employers.

Pa. ordered to restart bidding for Medicaid long-term care contracts after appeals court finds the process was “arbitrary.”

Commonwealth Court said the Pa. Department of Human Services' 2024 selection process for billions in Medicaid business was ...

Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate drops: Here’s how much

Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate dropped to 4.2% in February, according to the state’s Department of Labor & Industry. It’s ...

In response to RFK Jr.’s ‘autism registry,’ Gov. Josh Shapiro won’t let Pa. share disability data with the federal government

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania will not share disability data with the federal government under a new executive order signed ...

Pennsylvania town faces fallout from Trump's environmental rule rollback

The Trump administration is ratcheting up attacks on environmental protections that Make America Healthy Again followers hold ...
WHYY

Women lifers in Pennsylvania’s prisons are getting old, and dying

Women Lifers at Muncy Prison” investigates the crisis of aging prisoners in Pennsylvania. Caption: The podcast “Dying on the Inside: Women Lifers at Muncy Prison” investigates the health issues of ...