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Abortion an obstacle in House's health bill

WASHINGTON -- By late afternoon, Rep. Mike Doyle, D-Forest Hills, was looking weary. (Today)

House Dems say vote tomorrow on health care may slip

WASHINGTON -- House Democrats acknowledged they didn't yet have the votes to pass a sweeping overhaul of the nation's health care system, and signaled they might push back the vote until Sunday or early next week. (Yesterday)

Penn State to build Children's Hospital in Hershey

Penn State University plans to build a new Children's Hospital on the campus of its Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in Hershey. (Yesterday)

Allegheny County swine flu rate waning

Cases of H1N1 influenza -- also known as swine flu -- peaked late last month in Allegheny County and the worst of it may be over even as the traditional flu season looms ahead. (11/05/2009)

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David Kish, left, executive director of emergency services and patient logistics at St. Clair Hospital, shows an emergency treatment room to Cuban physicians Dr. Luis Orlando Rodriguez and Dr. Carmen Cuba. Mimi Falbo, right, is from Global Links, which organized the visit.

Doctors come from Cuba to visit St. Clair Hospital

About 400 people visit the emergency room every day at the Hospital Pediatrico William Soler in Havana, Cuba. Here in the South Hills, St. Clair Hospital gets about 175 patients a day to its ER. (11/05/2009)