Hanna Webster

Meet two Pennsylvanians using social media to discuss their own rare diseases

Ten years after Pennsylvania signed its medical cannabis program into law, state officials performed their first audit and found a number of problems. The...

This is the first story in a multi-part series from the Post-Gazette examining topics related to gambling and sports in Western Pennsylvania.  On...

When Niko Pitinii celebrated his 21st birthday in Las Vegas last September, he didn’t think his year would be mired with treatments, radiation and...

Sabrina Bezzou’s eyes lit up when her pediatrician, Michael Bertenthal, handed her the book. “What’s that girl doing?” the...

The crowd cheered as Carly Aprea, 24, stacked more and more wet lobsters in her arms at Wholey’s Market in the Strip District on Saturday. The top...

An ambitious program meant to establish a Pittsburgh-based hub to fast-track new therapies for rare diseases is bringing together $25 million, a collection...

Allegheny County health officials are reminding parents to get their children vaccinated, particularly against measles, mumps and rubella, before the school...

With thousands of Pennsylvania students about to embark on another school year, the measles outbreak is intensifying at a remarkable rate, spreading to...

It’s not every day that physicians coin a new name for a disorder — and that the disorder plagues a majority of Americans. Last month, the...