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Hundreds gather to protest UPMC stopping gender care for those 19 and under, my colleague @hlauer.bsky.social on the weekend desk: www.post-gazette.com/news/social-...

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‘I’m very worried’: Pittsburgh parents navigate UPMC’s curtailing of gender services for ages 18 and under www.post-gazette.com/news/health/... by @hannamwebster.bsky.social

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WHY would they try to merge three lanes of traffic on fifth ave into one, at 8:30pm in Pittsburgh 😭😭

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My comments with @hannamwebster.bsky.social @post-gazette.com www.post-gazette.com/news/health/...

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BREAKING: RFK Jr. fires ACIP, the panel responsible for advising on vaccines. This breaks a promise to Sen. Bill Cassidy, who voted to advance Kennedy as HHS secretary on the condition that he would, among other things, keep ACIP in place. www.statnews.com/2025/06/09/r...

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Here’s what to know about wildfire smoke in Western Pa. this week: www.post-gazette.com/news/health/...

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champing at the bit til I can read this book

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We need to be talking more about how some toast is an open-faced sandwich

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Blessed & grateful to have a solo show at Wick Monet Art Gallery in Shadyside #pittsburgh. DON'T LOOK AT ME is up for another three weeks. Swing by!

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FDA restricts access to fall’s COVID-19 vaccines: Here’s what to know www.post-gazette.com/news/health/... by @hannamwebster.bsky.social

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FEATURE BEAT WRITING PORTFOLIO, DIV 2 Three stories by the same writer on one feature topic. 🥇 1st Place: Jeremy Reynolds, @post-gazette.com 🥈 2nd Place: @jamiehale.bsky.social 🥉 3rd Place: Abby Mackey, @post-gazette.com 🏅 Honorable Mention: @hannamwebster.bsky.social

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UTILITY FEATURE PORTFOLIO, DIV 2 Three stories that break down everyday life with consumer focus. 🥇 1st Place: Stephanie Zimmermann & @elviamalagon.bsky.social, @chicago.suntimes.com 🥈 2nd Place: @hannamwebster.bsky.social 🥉 3rd Place: Gretchen McKay, @post-gazette.com

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Here's what to know about FDA's new restrictions on fall #COVID-19 vaccines: www.post-gazette.com/news/health/...

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Thank you, Wendy!

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Ozempic, with its skyrocketing popularity, is also the subject of a nascent and growing multi-district lawsuit with nearly 2,000 plaintiffs. How did it become so multifarious? www.post-gazette.com/news/health/...

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Also from the weekend! What happens to your body when you run a marathon? I talked to a bunch of specialists in preparation for this weekend's #pittsburghmarathon: www.post-gazette.com/news/health/...

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ICYMI: Unity Recovery and Sage's Army, two organizations that help people in recovery access crucial services, have reported hundreds of thousands in funding cuts — leading to layoffs and the shuttering of daytime hours. www.post-gazette.com/news/health/...

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This Saturday at Poetry Lounge, a double header: Poetry Reading with Hanna Webster & Caitlin Cruser at 5pm; Amongst the Crates release party with Dereos Roads and more! Starting at 7pm. #poetry #poetryreading #rap #hiphop #livemusic @poetrylounge412.bsky.social

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The veterinary sedative medetomidine, much stronger than xylazine, has begun to eclipse xylazine in the drug supply. Here's what ER physicians and street medicine teams are seeing: Thanks to @raaginizzle.bsky.social et. al for your insight on this one. www.post-gazette.com/news/health/...

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Good morning and happy Monday! Got two stories to share that posted over the weekend. The first is about the show Severance (also happens to be my favorite show but beside the point!) and how it gets us to think about memory: www.post-gazette.com/news/health/...

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Erie County has declared a measles outbreak, with 5 confirmed cases and two related to international travel. Officials have conducted contract tracing, and Allegheny County Health Department officials are monitoring the situation: www.post-gazette.com/news/health/...

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Hundreds gathered outside UPMC in the pouring rain yesterday evening to protest what some patients have said are restrictions in care for trans patients. More here: www.post-gazette.com/news/health/...

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Pennsylvania is the third-highest recipient of HHS grants for family planning services in the country — and the funding freeze will impact some 50 clinics across Western Pa., including rural offices in remote parts of the state. From @hannamwebster.bsky.social

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My Most Controversial Poem™️ sent your way, @aaronburch.bsky.social 🫡

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Judy Sombar is scared for her daughter. The family was told by Children’s Hospital they were grandfathered in, but that the hospital would stop allowing new gender care prescriptions after a recent Trump executive order: www.post-gazette.com/news/health/...

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Happy Monday! Post #AWP, another crop of submissions sent out this morn, including two for my chapbook, after some lovely book fair conversations. The journey continues ...

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@westtradereview.bsky.social is at #AWP! Come visit us!

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Judy Sombar is scared for her daughter. The family was told by Children’s Hospital they were grandfathered in, but that the hospital would stop allowing new gender care prescriptions after a recent Trump executive order: www.post-gazette.com/news/health/...

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In this @hannamwebster.bsky.social piece I’m quoted about the TX/NM measles outbreak occurring, why vitamin A treatment is not applicable, in who severe cases occur, and how it is the unvaccinated that are being infected. www.post-gazette.com/news/health/...

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Here's what you need to know about vitamin A amid RFK Jr's assertions that it should be taken for measles. TL;DR: It's a fact taken out of context, and thus is not applicable, nor a substitution for the MMR vaccine, say infectious disease experts: www.post-gazette.com/news/health/...

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Coming for you #AWP

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Also from the weekend, if you missed it. Robots completing an undersea obstacle course? More likely than you'd think. I was so impressed with what these high schoolers built when I visited the FIRST Robotics Competition at the Convention Center Saturday! www.post-gazette.com/news/educati...

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Migraine treatment guidelines got an update last week, with recommendations from @acpimphysicians.bsky.social to use triptans in addtn to OTC pain meds. More here: www.post-gazette.com/news/health/...

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The iron-clad grip of the term crash out on Gen Z is so fascinating to me

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This week's #fbf is from our 2021 Spring Edition! “Naysaying the Noise” by Nancy Lyneé Woo: “I count the miles back out to chaparral, heaving under the weight of my need to see everything, and to be seen seeing it.” Read the full piece at the link below: buff.ly/Uwmz9Fq #writingcommunity

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@havehashad.com when is your next call; I have two poems that are HAD poems and basically nothing else I birthed them for you

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taking DayQuil instead of suffering; I'm so brave and smart

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In this @hannamwebster.bsky.social piece I’m quoted about various aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The lack of testing was the original sin of the pandemic; Operation Warp Speed the success. www.post-gazette.com/news/health/...

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In this @hannamwebster.bsky.social piece I’m quoted about how measles airport exposures are common — as the virus is in every region of the world except the Americas — and the key to resilence is having high population immunity www.post-gazette.com/news/health/...

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: 'Long COVID has impacted about 1M in Pa. But what do we know about it?' 'Practices for treating long COVID have evolved as researchers and physicians learn more' www.post-gazette.com/news/health/...

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The National Association of Science Writers conference is one I look forward to all year! As a #Freelancer, #SciComm can be lonely. Once a year, I’m surrounded by science communicators. It’s invaluable. I meet scientists, talk craft of writing and editing, and feel part of a community.

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Quick little health-related thread: There are measles outbreaks happening in the US & Canada because of pockets of very low vaccination rates. I wondered if maybe I might need an update to my vaccines. I got them in the usual way as a kid, but sometimes immunity doesn’t last. So I asked my doctor.

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Pitt and CMU have pulled out of previous commitments to host #sciwri25, citing federal funding cuts. Just another example of the ripple effects of recent cuts to research institutions: www.post-gazette.com/news/health/...

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