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Measles outbreaks impacting New York and PA
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Penn State Introduces New Public Health Major
Students interested in preventing illness, improving health care access and addressing health problems affecting entire communities now have a new degree option at Penn State. The university's College of Health and Human Development has introduced a Bachelor of Science in Public Health , giving students a new path into careers in public health, health policy, research and community health. Students can now declare the major, Penn State recently announced. The program is built around the study of health at the population level rather than treating individual patients. Coursework will cover epidemiology, biostatistics, health promotion, health policy and management, global health, public health ethics and program planning and evaluation. Students also will gain experience with research, data analysis and visualization, communication, project management, leadership, community engagement and policy analysis. An internship is required as part of the degree, along with a minor. Penn State has more than 200 minors available, allowing students to pair public health with areas such as global health, health policy and administration, data visualization, food systems, environmental engineering or marketing. Kari Kugler, an associate teaching professor of biobehavioral health and director of the public health degree program, said the major is intended for students who want to
WBNG
Robert Packer Hospital maintains Level I Trauma Center accreditation
WTAJ
State College clinic continues to report high measles numbers, seeing new complications
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (WTAJ) — A clinic in State College is reporting high numbers of measles cases, and is starting to see patients return with new complications. Pennsylvania is seeing its worst measles outbreak in decades. According to publicly available health data, last updated Oct. 7, Pennsylvania is up to 1,078 confirmed cases and five […]
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Pennsylvania woman’s health care fraud scam caused CT Medicaid to lose $1.3 million
Jacqueline Pelphrey pleaded guilty to health care fraud in Hartford federal court, admitting to causing over $1.2 million in losses to Medicaid and other health insurance plans. A woman who used to live in Connecticut returned to the state Tuesday to appear in Hartford federal court, where she admitted to...
WTAJ
PA gubernatorial debate: More healthcare coverage spending?
WHYY
A rural Pennsylvania community’s fight to save their only hospital, healthcare services in a ‘forgotten land’
This story is from The Pulse, a weekly health and science podcast. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Find our full episode on rural hospitals here. Anne Hardy stood at her kitchen counter and looked out the window. Heavy snowflakes fell from the sky, quickly...