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Rebecca Smullin Dawson

Reporter · US

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Sep 25, 2026
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Sep 15, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · Rebecca Smullin Dawson, Allegheny College

    Mold and heat closed Pittsburgh-area schools – an expert explains the risks to kids (opens the original)

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    For many southwestern Pennsylvania students, this school year has already included days away from the classroom because of the buildings themselves. Mold has closed schools in at least four districts, and early September heat pushed 35 Pittsburgh Public Schools buildings to remote learning. The problems aren’t limited to the region: A 2025 statewide study found that environmental hazards, including mold, lead and radon, are widespread in Pennsylvania schools. The age and upkeep of these school

  2. Article · Sep 15, 2026 · Rebecca Smullin Dawson

    Pittsburgh’s kindergartners fall below the measles safety threshold, testing the city’s vaccine legacy (opens the original)

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    It takes a lot to knock football out of the headlines in Pittsburgh. But reports of measles cases, exposure alerts and calls for residents to double-check their vaccination status have dominated local news since August 2026. My office at Allegheny College, where I am an epidemiologist, is within a few steps of a classroom dedicated to Dr. Thomas Francis. Dr. Francis also coordinated the entire polio vaccine field trial, which included 1.8 million children, and deemed the polio vaccine “safe, eff

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