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Doctors in Pa. recommend RSV, flu vaccines as winter approaches

by Sarah Boden for Spotlight PA

Physicians in Pennsylvania don’t anticipate the surges of patients they saw during the first winters of the COVID-19 pandemic, but encouraged RSV and flu vaccinations.

A patient room at Milton S. Hershey Medical Center.

A range of workers provide maternal care in Pa. Learn their roles.

by Sarah Boden for Spotlight PA

Officials with the Pennsylvania Opioid Misuse and Addiction Abatement Trust met in Harrisburg on Nov. 21.

Counties fight for more freedom over how to spend opioid money with $247M more on the way

by Ed Mahon of Spotlight PA

Houses on a street in central Pennsylvania.

Paint, pipes, and soil can expose Pa. children to lead. How to stay safe.

by Sarah Boden for Spotlight PA

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New database tracks how 10s of millions in opioid settlement dollars are being spent in Pennsylvania

by Ed Mahon of Spotlight PA

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