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The Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh is responding to the need for blood donations during the covid-19 outbreak by holding nine blood drives at its Squirrel Hill and South Hills locations in the coming weeks. The blood drives will be held in cooperation with Vitalant Pittsburgh, formerly known locally...

There are 48 confirmed cases of covid-19 in Allegheny County, according to figures released Monday by the Allegheny County Health Department. Of those cases, six people are hospitalized. The county recorded its first coronavirus death Saturday, a person in their late 60s who was being treated at Jefferson Hospital. The...

With weekday and Sunday Masses canceled due to the spread of the coronavirus, Bishop David Zubik and other priests of the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh are turning to YouTube and social media to update parishioners on events taking place in their churches. “This is going to be an important week...

Pennsylvania State Police will begin enforcing the closure of “non-life-sustaining” businesses starting 8 a.m. Monday, said Col. Robert Evanchick, state police commissioner. Pittsburgh police also announced Sunday that officers will be responding to 911 calls and other complaints about nonexempt businesses that ignore orders to shut down. Officers will investigate...

Nurses lined a hallway of the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center in Pittsburgh’s Shadyside neighborhood, clapping and cheering as Sherry Williams reached out with a blue-gloved hand to ring a bell, celebrating the completion of her 16th and final chemotherapy treatment Wednesday. Williams, 50, of Mt. Lebanon, laughed and smiled, looking...

The Allegheny County Health Department on Thursday reported six new cases of covid-19, increasing the number of cases in the county from 12 to 18. Some of those patients have acquired the virus through community spread, health department Director Dr. Debra Bogen said during a press call. “Similar to what...

Allegheny County Council will limit attendance at regularly scheduled council meetings but will accommodate both live streaming and written public comment amid the covid-19 outbreak, council President Patrick Catena, D-Carnegie, announced Wednesday. “The coronavirus pandemic has forced all of us to adjust our schedules and routines for the safety and...

The University of Pittsburgh has postponed all in-person spring commencement ceremonies at the main campus in Pittsburgh’s Oakland neighborhood, Chancellor Patrick Gallagher announced Tuesday. “This decision was not made lightly,” Gallagher said in a statement. “We know this news will be upsetting both to graduates, who have worked so hard...

The Allegheny County Health Department is encouraging all dental providers and patients to delay nonemergency dental services and procedures during the covid-19 outbreak. This is due to “the close proximity between patients and their dental service providers,” according to a statement Tuesday by Dr. Debra Bogen, health department director. The...

Another new case and three presumptive positive cases of covid-19 have been confirmed in Allegheny County, officials announced Tuesday morning. This brings the total number of confirmed cases in Allegheny County to seven. The new confirmed case is a patient in their 60s who is hospitalized. The health department said...

The University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University and Duquesne University are altering spring class schedules in reaction to concerns over covid-19, university officials announced Wednesday. Pitt is extending spring break and will move to online instruction at all five campuses, according to a statement from the university. Classes will be...

Allegheny Health Network is making changes to its visitation policy at area hospitals in response to the rising cases of the novel coronavirus across the United States. The temporary restrictions were announced Wednesday and limit the number of visitors for a patient to one person at a time in the...

Western Pennsylvania school districts are making plans to continue instruction in the event schools close temporarily because of the spreading covid-19 coronavirus. “We are not in a position at this point to say that there’s a need to send kids home,” said Jenny Webb, spokeswoman for South Butler County School...

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University will be working to forecast the spread of covid-19, the university announced Monday. The Delphi Research Group, one of two Influenza Forecasting Centers of Excellence designated last year by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, typically does most of its work forecasting the flu...

Allegheny County Jail officials are working with the county health department and emergency services to prepare for a potential coronavirus outbreak at the jail, Warden Orlando Harper and Chief Deputy Warden Laura Williams said during a Jail Oversight Board meeting. “As we know, a confined environment is something where we...

Two people with presumed positive cases of the coronavirus are under quarantine in Delaware and Wayne counties, Gov. Tom Wolf and Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine said during a news conference Friday. “We have two individuals with presumed positive cases of covid-19,” Levine said. “They are both at home....

A search committee made up of members of the Allegheny County Board of Health and the community has selected Dr. Debra Bogen as its nominee to lead the county Health Department. Bogen, the vice chair for education in the UPMC Children’s Hospital pediatric department, will replace Dr. Karen Hacker, who...

Democratic presidential candidate and former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg is scheduled to campaign in Pittsburgh on Thursday, according to a statement from the campaign Monday. Bloomberg opened a brick-and-mortar campaign office on Broad Street in Pittsburgh’s East Liberty neighborhood over the weekend. “Mike is running for president to...

Four groups on Monday requested to intervene in a federal lawsuit accusing Allegheny County officials of failing to maintain county voter rolls. The League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania and of Pittsburgh, along with One Pennsylvania and the Pittsburgh chapter of the A. Philip Randolph Institute, filed a motion in...

Pittsburgh police are investigating a hit-and-run in the city’s East Hills neighborhood involving a five-year-old boy. Police and EMS responded to the scene in the 2100 block of Park Hill drive around 5 p.m. Sunday. The boy, who had been struck by a gray sedan that fled the scene, was...

A Beaver County serviceman killed in the line of duty was honored Saturday with a bridge dedication in his name. U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Dylan Elchin, a Special Tactics combat controller, had deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel. He was killed Nov. 27, 2018 when his...