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A decade in the making, Medicaid expansion takes effect in …

WEBMore than 100,000 Oklahomans have already enrolled in the program, which provides health coverage to low-income adults. Catherine Sweeney. After more than a …

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State data paints a dire picture of Oklahoma teenagers’ mental …

WEBState data released this year showed that one in four Oklahoma teens contemplated suicide sometime between 2020 and 2021.The Youth Risk Behavior …

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How to bring care to mental health emergencies StateImpact …

WEBMental health emergencies are best handled by mental health professionals, says the Oklahoma City police captain charged with training officers for the calls they …

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Oklahoma Is Finally Getting A New Public Health Lab

WEBGov. Kevin Stitt announces the lab will relocate to Stillwater, away from state health facilities in Oklahoma City. During a press conference about a new pandemic …

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As Oklahoma’s syphilis rate among women increases, cases in

WEBAs Oklahoma’s syphilis rate among women increases, cases in babies grow with it Nationally, cases of congenital syphilis nearly tripled from 2014 to 2018, according …

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Oklahoma already ranked among the highest in the country for

WEBThe newest round of CDC numbers sound bad. No. 11 for chlamydia. No. 5 for gonorrhea. No. 4 for syphilis. But they aren’t too surprising to Terrainia Harris.“Of …

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Oklahoma has a syphilis problem. The pandemic made it worse.

WEBThe pandemic made it worse. Oklahoma had the 4th highest rate of syphilis infections in 2020. Public health experts say that cases likely went up even higher when …

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Fracking chemicals are showing up in bodies of people who live …

WEBUnexplained nosebleeds, rashes and migraines are among the health problems reported by residents who live near fracking activity. Telling the story of some …

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DEP finds PFAS in one-third of public water systems; none …

WEBAbout one-third of 114 Pennsylvania water systems tested for toxic PFAS chemicals were found to contain the substances over 17 months of sampling, although …

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1 in 3 Pennsylvania drinking water systems exceed new EPA limits …

WEBIn this Aug. 1, 2018 photo, a water tower stands above a residential neighborhood in Horsham, Pa. In Horsham and surrounding towns in eastern …

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Cancer-causing benzene continues to flow from PES refinery …

WEBThe South Philadelphia refinery’s history dates back to the Civil War era, when it was built as Atlantic Refining Co. Gulf Oil opened a neighboring facility in 1926, …

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Pennsylvania leads the nation in Lyme disease. The state is …

WEBLyme Literacy. According to the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Lyme disease is a bacterial infection carried by the blacklegged tick, also called the deer tick.

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New report details health risks associated with fracking

WEBA new report by Concerned Health Professionals of NY and Physicians for Social Responsibility concludes that fracking is a public health crisis. […]

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Oklahoma paid for more addiction treatment and providers say its …

WEBA bump in funding. The agency asked state lawmakers for over $90 million in funding to pay for its Smart on Crime program in 2019. Lawmakers gave the agency $10 …

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Public briefed on fracking health studies, despite no-show from …

WEBKurt Blanock, right, watches a public forum on state-funded fracking health studies in Canonsburg, Pa., October 5, 2022. Blanock's son, Luke, died of a rare cancer …

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Pitt study: Fracking linked to more risk of lymphoma, asthma

WEBDozens of children and young adults were diagnosed with Ewing sarcoma and other forms of cancer in a four-county area outside Pittsburgh, where energy …

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Pa. governor announces agreement with CNX on fracking

WEBJosh Shapiro announces ‘first of its kind’ agreement with CNX on fracking health measures, says new regulations coming. Centralia, Wash.’s coal plant has to …

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Five Oklahoma hospitals collapsed – what happened

WEBI-70 Community Hospital in Sweet Springs, Mo., is one of eight hospitals owned or managed by Miami businessman Jorge A. Perez that closed in recent years. …

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The collapse of a hospital empire — and towns left in the …

WEBThen a few major health insurance companies got suspicious, as did some government officials. How could Unionville, Mo. — a town of 1,790 — generate $92 …

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Pa. environmental department secretary Rich Negrin resigns

WEBIn this photo from April 2023, then-Acting Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Rich Negrin speaks at a news conference in Harrisburg about the …

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