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PITTSBURGH – January 18, 2022 – The Chuck Noll Foundation for Brain Injury Research, an organization committed to diminishing the impact of sports related brain injuries, today announced that Pro Football Hall of Famer and Super Bowl Champion Jerome Bettis has joined the Foundation’s Board of Directors.
Founded in 2016, the organization awards grants to advance research related to the diagnosis and treatment of injuries to the brain. The Foundation has awarded 14 early stage research grants totaling $1.7 million, leveraging an additional $10 million in additional support. Funding priorities focus on research that addresses the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of injuries to the brain, with a primary focus on those stemming from sports related injuries.
“The Chuck Noll Foundation’s mission to diminish the impact of head injuries goes beyond professional sports – and has the potential to impact every kid who is injured playing in the front yard, and every person who falls or gets in a car accident,” said Jerome Bettis. “Traumatic brain injuries are a major cause of disability, impacting athletes at all levels and people of all ages. I’m honored to be part of this important work and eager to help shape the future of concussion and TBI research.”
“I am honored that Jerome Bettis has agreed to join the Chuck Noll Foundation Board, and will be lending his insight and perspective,” said Arthur J. Rooney, Chairman of the Foundation’s Board. “In 2022, the Chuck Noll Foundation for Brain Injury Research will continue to provide grants to support cutting-edge research that helps to diagnose and treat injuries to the brain. I am pleased that many of the research projects funded by the Noll Foundation have now been validated by the fact that they are attracting research grants and have been published in peer reviewed medical publications.”
The Chuck Noll Foundation has made fourteen grants totaling $1.7 million dollars with an average grant size of $120,000. These grants, supporting both basic science and clinical research, have helped identify biomarkers that help with early detection, precision vestibular rehabilitation, brain tsunamis, and support for a brain bank. Grants have been made to Allegheny Health Network, Carnegie Mellon University, The University of Pittsburgh, The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, and West Virginia University.
Mr. Bettis retired in 2006 following the Pittsburgh Steelers’ Super Bowl XL victory, finishing a 13-season career. He is a six time Pro Bowler, remains one of only six players in NFL history to rush for 13,000 yards, and is one of eight players in NFL history to rush for 1,000 yards for eight or more seasons. Jerome was named NFL Co-Rookie of the year and Sporting News’ Rookie of the Year, and also earned Los Angeles Rams’ MVP Honors. Today, he serves as a Studio Analyst for ESPN’s SportsCenter and NFL Live.
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Story by Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano
Tuesday, January 18, 2022 at 9:30 AM
(Aliquippa, Pa. ) On Thursday, January 20, 2022 at 2 p.m. Aliquippa Parks and Recreation Department will receive a $50,000 grant from T-Mobile to go towards the Third Avenue Playground Project. The location of the check presentation will be the T-Mobile Store, in the Aliquippa Shopping Center 2719 Brodhead, Suite 160 In Aliquippa, PA.
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(Pittsburgh, Pa.) UPMC Health Plan and Highmark are both now offering reimbursement for FDA approved COVID-19 tests.
Members covered by their employers or individual plans will be able to seek reimbursement for COVID tests now, in accordance with recent federal requirements.
Mary Beth Jenkins, Chief Operating and Administrative Officer of UPMC Health Plan said “UPMC Health Plan is pleased to offer our commercial members the immediate opportunity to mail in documentation of FDA-authorized tests purchased on or after Jan. 15 for reimbursement,” . “And we will have an online reimbursement portal up and running in the very near future. At any time, Health Plan members can call their Member Service ‘concierges’ for additional information on this or any other COVID-related coverage and assistance questions.”
The Biden Administration required private insurance companies and health plans to cover the cost of eight at-home COVID tests, effective Saturday, Jan. 15.
The mandate does not extend to Medicare members, but UPMC for Life Medicare Advantage and Highmark Medicare Advantage members already receive full COVID-19 testing coverage when tests are ordered by a physician.
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Tuesday, January 18, 2022 at 6:56 AM
(Pittsburgh, Pa.) Pa State Police at the River’s Casino is reporting that a 33-year-old Trisha Gray from Beaver Falls Reported that she lost a wallet wristlet while at the River’s Casino on January 3, 2022 at 7 PM.
Troopers reported via release that the Wallet Wristlet and the majority of its contents were recovered but $3000.00 Cash was missing. No other information about was provided.
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Tuesday, January 18, 2022 at 6:04 AM
(Georgetown, Beaver County, Pa.) Pa State Police in Beaver are reporting that they received a phone call from Joann Boyd of Georgetown on Monday morning, January 17, 2022 at 10:30 AM after her 11-year-old son, Andrew Boyd ran away.
Troopers are saying via release that when they arrived on the scene and conducted a canvass of the area Andrew was located in the Georgetown Post Office safe and unhurt.
Keystone State News Connection
| January 18, 2022 |
Emily Scott
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is accepting public comments through the end of this month regarding a proposal which would sharply reduce methane pollution.
Environmental advocates in Pennsylvania say it is critical for residents to provide testimony because they are not being protected from the oil and natural-gas industry.
A study from the Environmental Defense Fund found the state’s gas industry leaked more than one million tons of methane in 2017.
Barb Jarmoska, board member of the Responsible Drilling Alliance, said the effects of methane’s potent greenhouse gas contribute significantly to climate change, which is already negatively impacting Pennsylvanians.
“We are putting Pennsylvania citizens in harm’s way in order to send this methane elsewhere,” Jarmoska asserted. “I hope as many Pennsylvania citizens as possible will take the time to visit the EPA website and let their voice be heard.”
Pennsylvania is one of the largest contributors to greenhouse-gas pollution in the United States. The EPA is accepting written comments from the public on the proposal until Jan. 31.
Hundreds of Pennsylvanians shared their thoughts on the proposal last month during three days of virtual public testimony hosted by the EPA.
Ralph Kisberg, consultant for the Responsible Drilling Alliance, was among those who spoke, saying the federal rule is needed because of inaction by state leaders to sufficiently regulate methane emissions.
“People everywhere deserve the same protections,” Kisberg contended. “This goes for climate emissions from Pennsylvania as well as health-damaging emissions. Here, the political influence of the industry is too vast, the industry too out of sight for most, the emissions too invisible.”
Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection also released an updated plan to impose stronger restrictions on oil and gas well sites leaking methane, but advocates say it leaves thousands of low-producing wells exempt from the ruling.
(Pittsburgh, Pa.) PennDOT has lifted the speed limit and right-lane-only commercial vehicle restrictions that were in place on several roadways in the Pittsburgh region.
Due to the winter storm impacting the region, speed limits were reduced yesterday to 45 mph on all interstates and several other routes in the region.
PennDOT is continuing to treat roadways in the area and will continue until roads are clear.
Motorists can check conditions on more than 40,000 roadway miles, including color-coded winter conditions on 2,900 miles, by visiting www.511PA.com. 511PA, which is free and available 24 hours a day, provides traffic delay warnings, weather forecasts, traffic speed information and access to more than 1,000 traffic cameras.
511PA is also available through a smartphone application for iPhone and Android devices, by calling 5-1-1, or by following regional Twitter alerts.
Recovering from the snow, the Penguins in Vegas, and the latest scores and updates in sports. Frank Sparks has the news and kicks things off with Matt Drzik at 6:30 tomorrow on A.M. Beaver County.
