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Pitt study shows link between fracking, increased lymphoma, asthma reactions

Results of studies from the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health found children who lived close to natural gas wells had a higher risk of developing lymphoma.Additionally, people with asthma living close to wells had an increased chance of severe reactions.Researchers found no ...

Upper St. Clair students selected for Pitt’s health professions program

Six Upper St. Clair High School students have been selected to participate in the Health Professions Prep program for the spring season at the University of Pittsburgh.Chosen were sophomores Renuka Kota, Jhoran Laffin, Mahir Parmar, Anuj Shah, Burhaan Waheed and Isabella Zhang.The program will ...

Peters Township resident earns Congressional Award Gold Medal

Whatever they say about idle hands, Rachael Gavlik need not worry.“If I have free time,” she said, “I just don’t want to be sitting there when I know I can be doing something more.”That type of attitude must have been what federal lawmakers had in mind when they established the ...

Bethel Park native makes Junior World team

Banners of the University of Pittsburgh’s 16 national wrestling champions hang from the rafters of Fitzgerald Fieldhouse. Nino Bonaccorsi of Bethel Park sees them every day when he practices and he envisions his picture filling the vacancy next to Panthers’ head coach Keith Gavin, who was ...