Kiley Koscinski is a health and science reporter at 90.5 WESA. She covers a range of topics including healthcare administration, public health, and mental health, while also delving into city government, breaking news, and technology. Kiley's work has been featured in prominent outlets such as WVIA, NPR, and PublicSource, and she has received numerous awards for her reporting from organizations like the Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters and the Press Club of Western Pennsylvania.
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Kiley Koscinski's coverage primarily focuses on local government and legal policy in Pittsburgh and Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Her articles include news related to city council decisions, legal proceedings, and government announcements.
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By: Kiley Koscinski
Cincinnati-based Kroger announced Wednesday that it will acquire Giant Eagle supermarkets and pharmacies for $1.65 billion. The deal was announced less than a year after Giant Eagle embarked on a massive expansion of its pharmacy business that included the takeover of tens of thousands of prescriptions from liquidated Rite Aid stores.
By: Kiley Koscinski
Allegheny Health Network is expanding its footprint in Southwestern Pennsylvania. The health system announced Wednesday that a deal to acquire Heritage Valley Health System got the final approval from state and federal regulators.
By: Kiley Koscinski, Jeremy Scott
WESA’s health reporter Kiley Koscinski spoke with Morning Edition host Jeremy Scott about the upcoming event focused on the mental health of caregivers.
By: Kiley Koscinski
Pennsylvania's Medicaid coverage ban has been appealed to the state's Supreme Court. During a procedural hearing Tuesday, attorneys for abortion providers argued that the state should begin covering abortions for Medicaid users in the meantime.
By: Kiley Koscinski
A Pennsylvania judge has cleared the way for the state’s Medicaid program to begin covering abortions while a constitutional challenge plays out before the state Supreme Court.
By: Jenna Post, Kiley Koscinski
According to the Pennsylvania Department of Health, the state has 28 confirmed cases of cyclosporiasis, including the 11 in Southwest Pennsylvania. Last year, the state recorded 40 cases; the year prior, 87 cases.
By: Kiley Koscinski
Research published this week in Science Translational Medicine showed that participants with spinal cord injuries were able to maintain an artificial sense of touch, with one participant largely maintaining results for 10 years.
By: Kiley Koscinski, Jenna Post
A rural Venango County clinic is bringing breastfeeding support into the pediatrician’s office — helping moms and newborns under one roof. The program is part of Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro's maternal health initiative.
Carnegie Mellon University is leading a team of institutions to improve how clinicians monitor fetal health during labor. Researchers were awarded $39.3 million from the United States Department of Health and Human Services to develop a wearable monitoring system that better identifies fetal distress and its cause.
By: Kiley Koscinski
Pennsylvania parents can now easily track vaccination rates at their kids’ schools thanks to a new resource from the state health department. A new online tool provides annual vaccination rate data for individual schools, a closer look than the state and county-level data previously available.
