June 30, 2022 | 1:45 PM
York County sees rise in infant deaths
In every case this year, parents were not following guidelines.
Brett Sholtis
Brett Sholtis was a health reporter for WITF/Transforming Health until early 2023. Sholtis is the 2021-2022 Reveal Benjamin von Sternenfels Rosenthal Grantee for Mental Health Investigative Journalism with the Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism. His award-winning work on problem areas in mental health policy and policing helped to get a woman moved from a county jail to a psychiatric facility. Sholtis is a University of Pittsburgh graduate and a Pennsylvania Army National Guard Kosovo campaign veteran.
Latest by Brett Sholtis
June 28, 2022 | 2:24 PM
Pregnant and on heroin when a nurse changed her life, she worries others won’t get help
With a budget in question, a program pairing pregnant women with nurses could lose funding.
June 15, 2022 | 3:09 PM
Pennsylvania mental health advocates hopeful for funding increase
Funding for county programs has been flat since 2007, while costs and demand have gone up.
June 10, 2022 | 1:58 PM
A new Pa. bill would make it easier for doctors to get insurance approval to treat patients
The proposal would require insurers to provide doctors with more information upfront.
May 12, 2022 | 1:21 PM
Health care worker shortage, behavioral health resources top concerns for hospital execs in Pa.
Shortages of nurses, doctors and other qualified workers was a challenge before the coronavirus strained hospitals, however, the virus accelerated the need for action, as burned-out nurses fled intensive care units flooded with COVID-19 patients.
May 6, 2022 | 2:10 PM
As 988 hotline goes live in Pennsylvania, crisis centers need workers
Pennsylvania crisis intervention centers are facing a staffing shortage at a time when demand is expected to increase.
April 26, 2022 | 9:21 PM
Bucks County, prison guards sued for pepper spraying, restraining woman with mental illness
A Yardley couple is suing Bucks County and 10 county jail employees over what they allege were civil rights violations against their daughter, 29-year-old Kim Stringer.
March 10, 2022 | 5:00 AM
Nurses in Pennsylvania waited months to get licenses to work during historic staffing shortage
NPR found Pennsylvania processed LPN applications more slowly than any other state and was among the slowest at issuing RN licenses last year.
March 1, 2022 | 6:11 PM
People with mental illness to lose home over Norristown land deal
“The system is really at a critical point now.”
January 25, 2022 | 1:57 PM
With Pa. hospitals desperate for nurses, ‘travelers’ make the best of a bad situation
Stressed out nurses are ditching their jobs for lucrative travel gigs, while overburdened hospitals see record staffing shortages.
