Kiley Koscinski
Health and Science ReporterKiley Koscinski is 90.5 WESA's health and science reporter. She also works as a fill-in host for All Things Considered. Kiley has previously served as WESA's city government reporter and as a producer on The Confluence and Morning Edition. Before coming to WESA, she produced multiple dayparts at KDKA Radio and managed the afternoon assignment desk where she made coverage decisions with the station’s news director. Kiley has won multiple awards for her reporting including honors from the Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters, the Pennsylvania News Media Association and the Press Club of Western Pennsylvania. Email: [email protected].
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The National Aviary's Peregrine Falcon Cam caught footage of the falcon couple's first egg of the season Sunday. -
Public health experts in Pennsylvania are keeping an eye on measles cases after two were reported near Philadelphia. Allegheny County health officials say zero cases have been reported near Pittsburgh. -
With economic uncertainty, nonstop action in Washington D.C., plus natural disasters like wildfires and historic floods, the news can feel overwhelming. A psychology researcher argues one way to cope is to get better with discomfort. -
The University of Pittsburgh has ordered a hiring freeze for faculty and staff as it braces for continued federal funding uncertainty. Just weeks ago, the school paused Ph.D. admissions. -
Hundreds of people gathered at Schenley Plaza near the University of Pittsburgh Friday to protest federal spending cuts that could impact medical research. -
Pennsylvania medical providers joined Democrat state Rep. Arvind Venkat Wednesday to raise concern about potential federal Medicaid cuts. -
Pittsburgh researchers are speaking out against potential funding cuts from the National Institutes of Health. Congressional representatives for the Pittsburgh area met with the United Steelworkers and University of Pittsburgh staff downtown Monday. -
Disability-rights advocates stood alongside federal, state and local Democrats Friday to rally against potential Medicaid cuts. A congressional budget resolution passed this week calls for $880 billion in cuts to the agency that oversees the health insurance program. -
The University of Pittsburgh could soon resume admissions to its Ph.D. programs. In a statement, a spokesperson said the university is in the "early stages" of extending offers after putting a school-wide pause in place last week. -
A federal budget resolution that narrowly passed on partisan lines Tuesday could lead to major cuts to Medicaid. Now Pennsylvania Democrats and health care advocates are sounding the alarm about how those cuts could harm vulnerable people.
