Stories
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Jae C. Hong
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.
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Jeremy Long
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.
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Delaying Care During a Pandemic
The biggest concern we had when we were at the beginning of the pandemic and everything was shutting down was that we were not doing our mammogram screenings and it was a lack of knowledge on how this virus spreads.
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Brett Sholtis
Inside a Pa. middle school where everyone wears masks, and it’s not really an issue
Educators say there’s a clear choice: Limit the spread of the virus, or risk going back to online and hybrid learning.
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Some say food insecurity can alter a child’s future. But it doesn’t have to.
As Pennsylvania’s executive director of advocacy and reform, Dan Jurman looks out for vulnerable populations in the state — a job that has been personal from day one. His childhood included homelessness, food insecurity, family substance abuse, and other adverse experiences.
Jurman recognizes that people helped him along the way. He says others who experience adversity as children need that help too.
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Brett Sholtis
Free lead paint removal available for some Lancaster County residents
Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health is spending $50 million to prevent lead poisoning.
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Brett Sholtis
For some people living with food insecurity, a meal is the first step toward getting help
Food outreach advocates say additional resources are needed.
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Author Sebene Selassie on interconnection and mindfulness
Sebene Selassie, meditation teacher and author of You Belong: A Call for Connection, says the difficulties of the pandemic proved the need for interconnection.
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Brett Sholtis
COVID-19 killed their brother. Misinformation about the virus divided their family.
For some people, grief is complicated by attitudes about the virus among family and friends.
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Min Xian
Study finds increased risk of serious stroke among those who recently got COVID-19
Young people and those with no COVID-19 symptoms are among those at risk.
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Commonwealth Media Services
Pennsylvania mask-wearing order to be lifted by end of June
Pennsylvania’s mask-wearing order is to be lifted June 28 or whenever 70 percent of adults are vaccinated,.
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Chris Delmas
Bill would bar Pa. school districts from requiring COVID-19 vaccinations
State and local governments also would be prohibited from using so-called ‘vaccine passports.’
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Keith Srakocic
Employers struggling to find workers cite continued federal benefits as the cause
Also on the program: Attention to alcoholism lost during the pandemic
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Julie Bennett
Nursing homes in Pa., hit hard by pandemic, seek American Rescue Plan funding
Providers’ groups say many long term care homes are on the brink of closure.
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Damian Dovarganes
Pediatricians say GOP vaccination proposal in Pa. could put children, newborns at risk
The law would require doctors to let parents set their children’s immunization schedules.
