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Rebecca Smullin Dawson

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Mold and heat closed Pittsburgh‑area schools – an expert explains the risks to kids

Mold spores, 90-degree classrooms and aging pipes: An environmental health expert explains why Pennsylvania’s old schools are harder on kids than...

25.09.2026 10

The Conversation

Rebecca Smullin Dawson

Pittsburgh’s kindergartners fall below the measles safety threshold, testing the city’s vaccine legacy

Pittsburgh helped pioneer the polio vaccine. Now, as measles cases rise across Pennsylvania, an epidemiologist explains the disease and the vaccine...

15.09.2026 10

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Rebecca Smullin Dawson