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WEST GROVE, PA — Jennersville Hospital will partner with the Chester County Department of Drug and Alcohol Services and Good Fellowship EMS to present a community event on the opioid …
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. hospitals saw a 40 percent increase in the rate of Medicare beneficiaries hospitalized with sepsis over the past seven years, and in just 2018 had an …
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EAST BRADFORD, PA — On Monday, January 20, 2020, at 7:42 pm, West Chester Police and Good Fellowship Ambulance Company responded to a report of a stabbing following a domestic …
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CHEYNEY, PA — State Rep. Carolyn Comitta, D-Chester, announced her praise that Cheyney University received a $30,000 “It’s On Us” grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Education to combat campus …
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WEST CHESTER, PA — Two universities in Chester County – West Chester University (WCU) and Immaculata University (IU) will receive more than $140,000 in funding to prevent and reduce opioid …
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DOWNINGTOWN, PA — State Senator Andy Dinniman recently attended the Aidan’s Heart Screening event at the Marsh Creek Sixth Grade Center. The event, hosted by Aidan’s Heart Foundation, provided free …
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) Opioid Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution (OEND) program announced that from May 2014 to September 2019, the program issued naloxone — a …
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WEST CHESTER, PA — Chester County Commissioners Michelle Kichline, Kathi Cozzone and Terence Farrell and District Attorney Tom Hogan announced the support of the John R. Gailey III and JoEllen …
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HARRISBURG, PA — On September 18 and 25, the Department of Health will provide free naloxone at 95 locations across the state to any Pennsylvanian who wants it as part …
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HARRISBURG, PA — On Wednesday, the departments of Drug and Alcohol Programs (DDAP) and Health (DOH) were joined by individuals in recovery, stakeholders, advocates, and community members in strawberry square …
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