Residents can get COVID-19 vaccines in Oakland, the Hill District and Ross Township.
March 16, 2021
The Allegheny County Health Department announced Tuesday it will be opening three more sites by the end of the month to administer the COVID-19 vaccine. All sites will be by appointment only. The county schedules appointments through Allegheny Alerts and on its COVID Vaccine Page. Residents without internet access can call 2-1-1 for help scheduling an appointment.
The health department is partnering with the University of Pittsburgh to administer vaccines at the Petersen Events Center beginning tomorrow, March 17, through the end of next week. Second dose appointments will be provided at the same location. Free parking will be available at the garage at Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall & Museum off of Bigelow Boulevard with free shuttles running between the garage and the Peterson Event Center. A parking lot near the center will also be available with limited spots for those who
Fitzgerald vetoes Allegheny County paid sick leave bill
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CP photo: Jared Wickerham Rich Fitzgerald at a ribbon cutting ceremony at the Life Pittsburgh event in McKees Rocks A week after Allegheny County Council passed a bill to provide paid sick days to workers of businesses and organizations that employ more than 25 people, Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald has vetoed the bill. On March 9, the bill was passed by a 10-4 margin. In a statement, Fitzgerald said he supports the issue, but says the bill was passed the “wrong way” and that he believes it will have troubles if challenged in court. “It’s simply not fair to give employees in our county false hope that they’re protected when the process followed by Council jeopardizes that,” says Fitzgerald in a press release. “If we want to protect our residents, families, community, and public health, we must do thi
Pittsburghers are all too familiar with the smell of sulfur dioxide emissions, but it s invisible. Now, residents can get a better visual of how air pollutants float across the region on a daily basis.
Carnegie Mellon University’s CREATE Lab has launched PlumePGH, a new map from the makers of the lab’s popular app SmellPGH, which allows users to track the origin of pollution as well as how it correlates with reports of stinky air.
The map shows the four largest emitters of SO2 and other sulfur oxides in Allegheny County: U.S. Steel s Clairton Coke Works, Irvin Works and Edgar Thomson Works, and the Cheswick Generating Station.