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What Pennsylvania’s AI chatbot lawsuit teaches us about the psychology behind medical trust
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21 articles · Dec 27, 2025 – Jun 6, 2026
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In HelloNation, Veterinary Expert Dr. Ashley Deforno Explains Why Preventive Pet Care Matters in Rural Pennsylvania
The article outlines how wellness visits, vaccinations, and parasite prevention help protect pets in rural Pennsylvania communities. BLAIRSVILLE, Pa., May 17, 2026…
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Pennsylvania sues Character.AI for chatbots that pose as licensed doctors
Pennsylvania sued Character.AI Friday, accusing its chatbots of illegally practicing medicine by posing as licensed doctors. The state wants a court to order the company…
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Family sues OpenAI, alleging ChatGPT gave 19-year-old deadly drug advice before fatal overdose
A wrongful death lawsuit filed this week in California could become a major legal test of how far AI companies’ responsibility extends when users rely on their tools for…
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Understanding the Health Paradox: Study Explores Factors Influencing White Men's Well-Being
While social and economic factors are often viewed as primary drivers of health, a new analysis in the American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) suggests that the…
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Pennsylvania is getting $193M for rural health. What comes next?
The state’s $193 million award is designed to help offset the $20 billion the state is expected to lose in Medicaid dollars.
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Is suboxone the answer? The $36M addiction treatment of choice in Pennsylvania prisons is raising questions.
Pennsylvania prisons have dramatically expanded suboxone treatment for incarcerated individuals with substance use disorder, raising questions about effectiveness and…
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Cases of syphilis and other STIs drop in Pennsylvania, new data shows, as local counties ramp up prevention and testing
Public health teams across the state ramped up efforts to target STIs after a sharp increase between 2020 and 2021.
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Who Pays for Hospice Care in a Nursing Home?
As your health deteriorates with age, you may lose interest in feeling ‘better’ and instead want to feel comfortable. Hospice...
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Rural hospitals are closing across Pennsylvania and the US − the reasons probably aren’t what you think
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Why rural hospitals in Pennsylvania and across the country are closing in increasing numbers – 5 myths about rural health care
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Magellan Behavioral Health of Pennsylvania Earns Fourth Consecutive Full Accreditation from the National Committee for Quality Assurance
MARYLAND HEIGHTS, Mo., March 16, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Magellan Health, Inc. today announced that Magellan Behavioral Health of Pennsylvania, Inc. (Magellan), a Medicaid…
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Pennsylvania parents, families call for statewide grief support services for overdose and drug-related losses
Advocates point to a Philadelphia program as a model for statewide grief support services that could be funded with opioid settlement funds.
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Guest columnist: Is healthcare a right or a commodity?
Before the age of news being bought, sold, and owned by giant media/entertainment conglomerates (the days of more independent/broadcast news outlets, such as CBS, NBC,…
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Shapiro wants Pennsylvania to regulate AI chatbots. How would that work?
The governor called for Pennsylvania to require age verification, parental consent and a ban on chatbots producing sexually explicit or violent content featuring kids.…
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Legislators reconsider violence prevention in schools
(The Center Square) - Pennsylvania lawmakers have struggled to get their arms around the ongoing mental health crisis in the state’s youth population.
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‘It’s confusing. It’s painful’: Kohberger sister breaks silence in NYT report
BOISE, Idaho — A member of Bryan Kohberger’s immediate family has spoken publicly for the first time since the man convicted last summer of the University of Idaho…
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Pennsylvania nursing home ranked among best in the country
FRANKLIN COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services (DHS) announced that Newsweek has ranked a Pennsylvania-based nursing home as one...
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Pennsylvania health care in 2025
HARRISBURG — Perhaps more than any other area of concern, the story of Pennsylvania’s health care in 2025 has been carved out in reactions to the massive policy swings…
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Pennsylvania’s Allegheny County implementing involuntary outpatient mental health care services
Officials were motivated by people's calls for helping someone before they reach the legal threshold of being a danger to themselves or others.
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Pennsylvania's Allegheny County implementing involuntary outpatient mental health care services
Allegheny County in Pennsylvania will begin using a controversial legal tool for involuntary mental health care in the community, beginning Jan. 1.
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