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A person examines a prescription bottle. Two more prescription bottles are in the foreground.

Prescription for trouble: Pa. pharmacists say PBMs are driving pharmacy closures

by Ian Karbal June 5, 2024June 5, 2024

A man laying in a hospital bed

When someone in jail needs surgery, it’s no simple operation

by Jordana Rosenfeld May 20, 2024May 30, 2024

As autistic children in Allegheny County face perils, high needs and waiting lists, providers look for solutions

by Tanya Babbar May 4, 2024May 16, 2024

Autism support in Pittsburgh: Where to go, what to ask, what’s available?

by Aakanksha Agarwal May 1, 2024May 16, 2024

Mulling an environmental disaster in a Colorado bar surfaced my deep (and complicated) Pa. roots

by First-person essay by Corina Pittman April 19, 2024September 24, 2025

A person sitting at a desk in a room with posters on the wall, appearing contemplative or focused.

Community storytelling

Cap, gown, kidney: I’ll walk next month, then roll into transplant surgery

by Riley Brubaker March 29, 2024April 4, 2024

A man standing in front of a factory with smoke in the background.

Community storytelling

An asthma attack gave me a mission: Provide people in the Mon Valley with the tools to survive

by First-person essay by Qiyam Ansari March 15, 2024March 17, 2024

‘It’s just too close’: People living near fracking suffer as Pa. and local governments fail to buffer homes

by Quinn Glabicki September 14, 2023September 18, 2023

Amber Edmunds at her desk at the MAYA Organization offices in Swissvale on July 12, 2023. As the executive director of MAYA Organization, Edmunds works to challenge the lack of support that society provides to Black mothers. (Photo by Alexis Wary/PublicSource)

Community storytelling

I’ve seen Black mothers talk about ‘loss like it’s grocery shopping,’ and I’m dedicating myself to uplifting them

by First-person essay by Amber Edmunds July 14, 2023July 12, 2023

An old car sits on blocks between two McKeesport homes on Monday, Feb. 13, 2023. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource)

Advocates tell Allegheny County Board of Health: More work needed on housing code overhaul

by Quinn Glabicki July 6, 2023July 9, 2023