Anya Sostek

PITTSBURGH -- What makes some teenagers more likely to experiment with drugs and alcohol? A new stud...

Pennsylvania has yet to see escalating cases of cyclosporiasis, an infection that can cause prolonged watery diarrhea.

Several years ago, the leadership at the Mount Zion Baptist Church in Arlington, Va., embarked on a research project to figure out what had become of the Rev.

There are now 11 reported cases of cyclosporiasis in Allegheny County, according to the county health department. An outbreak of the parasite infection,...

Lee Harrison is an epidemiologist and professor of infectious disease at the University of Pittsburgh who spent years as chair of the Allegheny County Department of Health.

Allison Hickey heard about Picklesburgh while she was in college at Slippery Rock University and tried every year — unsuccessfully — to persuade her family and friends to make the trip.

Rebecca Skolnicki considers herself lucky to have a great support system in her family, friends and neighbors.

PITTSBURGH — What makes some teenagers more likely to experiment with drugs and alcohol? A new study from Pitt theorizes that one factor may be tied to their levels of dopamine, also known as “the pleasure chemical.”

Standing on the future stage of Citizens Live at The Wylie wearing a hard hat and a safety vest, Sara Silvestri sees not just a construction site, but...

When the Kamin Science Center's “Science of Speed” exhibit opens on Saturday, visitors will walk straight into a three-story race track filling most of the 21,000 square-foot-space that was once SportsWorks.