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Category: HEALTH

Eli Kurs-Lasky. (Photo by Ryan Loew/PublicSource)
Posted inCOMMUNITY STORYTELLING

Please don’t mistake my moments of joy for a lack of empathy

Eli Kurs-Lasky talks about the pandemic-era struggles he’s faced as an autistic person, and his efforts to reconcile society's attitude toward accommodations with calls for Disability Pride. (Photo by Benjamin Brady/PublicSource) by First-person essay by Eli Kurs-Lasky December 1, 2023December 2, 2023

“When you ask me how I’m doing and I respond by telling you about the gorgeous game-clinching and history-making goal that Penguins goalie Tristan Jarry scored last night, that is not me ignoring reality, but me experiencing it.”

A truck leaves the MAX Environmental facility in Yukon, Pennsylvania on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023.
Posted inENVIRONMENT

EPA investigation shows failures at Westmoreland hazardous waste treatment facility amid resident fears

by Quinn Glabicki November 29, 2023November 30, 2023
Posted inCOMMUNITY STORYTELLING

Larimer’s 103-year-old ‘Mr. Tony’ taught me Pittsburgh history, cement mixing and how immortality emerges

by First-person essay and illustrations by John Peña November 24, 2023November 26, 2023
Posted inMENTAL HEALTH

In Pittsburgh’s Bhutanese community, ‘first aid’ for the struggle with mental health stigma

Portrait of Tanya Babbar. by Tanya Babbar November 17, 2023November 19, 2023
A white sign reads "Adelphoi" in front of several buildings in Latrobe.
Posted inInvestigations

Updated: Innamorato hears ‘alarm bells’ in lawsuits against Adelphoi, picked to run Shuman

Avatar photoPortrait of Tanya Babbar. by Venuri Siriwardane and Tanya Babbar November 13, 2023November 13, 2023
Emissions rise from U.S. Steel Edgar Thomson Works in Braddock, Pennsylvania Jan. 30, 2023. (Photo by Quinn Glabicki/PublicSource)
Posted inENVIRONMENT

Updated: Audit of Allegheny County Clean Air Fund beginning

by Quinn Glabicki November 9, 2023November 9, 2023
Parade marchers carrying Pride flags walk across the Andy Warhol Bridge toward Allegheny Commons to continue the Pittsburgh Pride Revolution celebration on June 3, 2023. (Photo by Alexis Wary/PublicSource)
Posted inGENDER & IDENTITY

Trans-inclusive fertility clinic to open in Pittsburgh within a year

Avatar photo by Erin Yudt November 2, 2023November 17, 2023
Cars on Brownsville Road.
Posted inENVIRONMENT

Pa. industry leaders weighed gas wastewater as winter road treatment

by Jake Bolster, Inside Climate News November 1, 2023November 1, 2023
High-caffeine drinks line convenience store shelves. (Photo courtesy of Kidsburgh)
Posted inHEALTH

Teen caffeine consumption is growing: What medical experts want you to know

by Melissa Rayworth, Kidsburgh October 25, 2023October 25, 2023
George McClure sits for a portrait. He is wearing a blue-collared shirt and black-rimmed glasses.
Posted inCOMMUNITY STORYTELLING

I’m honoring my three kidney donors by trying to stop others dying before receiving theirs

by A first-person essay by George McClure, as told to Venuri Siriwardane October 20, 2023October 21, 2023

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