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Despite risks, auto workers step up to make medical gear
DETROIT — Cindy Parkhurst could have stayed home collecting most of her pay while the Ford plant where she normally works remains closed due to coronavirus fears. Instead, she along with hundreds of workers at Ford, General Motors, Toyota and other companies has gone back to work to make face...
Dan Heit: Funding must continue to ensure help for abused children
Dan Heit founded JusticeWorks YouthCare in 1999 and serves as its CEO. JusticeWorks YouthCare serves families within the child welfare system and youth on juvenile probation. We also operate alternative high schools for students with behavioral problems. Based in Pittsburgh, we work in 45 counties throughout Pennsylvania. Just as nurses,...
Gov. Cuomo says antibody survey shows wide exposure to coronavirus in N.Y.Video
NEW YORK — More evidence is emerging that far more New Yorkers have had the coronavirus than the number confirmed by lab tests, officials said Thursday, offering insight that could help authorities decide how and how quickly to let people stop isolating from friends and return to work. Blood samples...
Social media games can open the door to cyber crime
A lot of people are relying on social media to stay connected while ordered to stay at home, but the FBI warns that those games you’re playing online could benefit identity thieves. “This is a hard time for everyone and we know social media has been a boon to help...
Gov. Wolf: Coronavirus data not only factor for reopening Pennsylvania
For all the criteria and data-driven guidelines Gov. Tom Wolf has laid out for reopening a locked-down Pennsylvania, the decision-making process will not be guided entirely by the data, the governor said Thursday. The objective criteria are “not a hard and fast rule,” Wolf said during a call with reporters....
Wolf administration to use Carnegie Mellon-developed data dashboard in reopening Pennsylvania
Carnegie Mellon University is working with Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration to develop a data dashboard, compiling information from agencies to determine what areas of Pennsylvania can safely reopen. The dashboard will help the state take a “regional and sector-based approach” to easing stay-at-home restrictions, according to CMU. Wolf announced Wednesday...
Elizabeth Warren’s oldest brother dies of coronavirus
BOSTON — The oldest brother of Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Donald Reed Herring, has died from the coronavirus, the Massachusetts senator said Thursday. The former Democratic presidential candidate said her brother died Tuesday evening. He spent his career in the military after joining the U.S. Air Force at the age of...
Pennsylvania reports 1,369 new coronavirus cases, changes how it reports deaths
Pennsylvania added more 1,300 coronavirus cases, state health officials said Thursday, pushing the statewide total past 37,000. The 1,369 new positive cases were recorded between 12 a.m. Wednesday and 12 a.m. Thursday. The state’s running case count now stands at 37,053. The Department of Health had begun providing the number...
Turnout fluctuates at Pittsburgh food bank giveaways
The Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank was prepared to serve 1,500 vehicles Wednesday at an emergency food distribution at Pittsburgh International Airport, but only about half that number showed up for free boxes of frozen meats and dry goods. Food bank spokeswoman Melissa Murray said volunteers loaded two 25-pound boxes...
Health official: 1 million in New York City possibly exposed to coronavirus
NEW YORK — As many as 1 million people in New York City may have been exposed to the coronavirus, the city’s health commissioner said Thursday. More than 142,000 people in the city have tested positive for the virus, “but that really is, I think, the tip of the iceberg,”...
Allegheny County reports 61 new coronavirus cases, lowers death toll based on data error
The Allegheny County Health Department on Thursday corrected figures released this week related to deaths from the coronavirus, subtracting five deaths and bringing the countywide total to 69. The county also reported 61 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus Thursday, a significant increase compared to relatively low case counts reported...
‘We’ve been ignored’: Nursing homes plead for more coronavirus testing
NEW YORK — After two months and more than 10,000 deaths that have made the nation’s nursing homes some of the most terrifying places to be during the coronavirus crisis, most of them still don’t have access to enough tests to help control outbreaks among their frail, elderly residents. Neither...
John Ash: Preparing for the worst
In the early 1900s, Spanish-American scholar, philosopher and humanist George Santayana wrote, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” His five volumes of “The Life of Reason: Introduction and Reason in Common Sense” rank as one of the greatest works in modern philosophical history. That well-known...
8 big cats at Bronx Zoo test positive for coronavirus
NEW YORK — Another seven big cats at the Bronx Zoo have tested positive for coronavirus, just weeks after a Malayan tiger named Nadia was found to have the disease that is ravaging New York. Zoo officials announced the test results Wednesday, saying five tigers and three lions have coronavirus....
Mask fogging your glasses? 10 tips for keeping lenses clear
People who wear glasses put up with numerous indignities. They can be uncomfortable, they’re easy to lose or break, they get in the way when you’re trying to kiss your boo. And they fog up at the most inconvenient times — especially now when we have to wear face masks...
Westmoreland County adds 1 new coronavirus death, toll rises to 26
A man died of the coronavirus in Westmoreland County, bringing the death toll to 26, officials said Thursday. The death was added to a list that is being provided by Coroner Ken Bacha, who has said the majority of the county’s deaths are tied to nursing and personal care homes....
How Pittsburgh paramedics are using video to assess potential covid-19 patients
UPMC and Pittsburgh paramedics for the first time are using secure video links that permit emergency room doctors to visually examine and assess potential covid-19 patients through smartphones and tablets. The “tele-triage” system improves care for patients because doctors can actually see and communicate with them in real time while...
National fundraiser supports Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh and other libraries
A library isn’t just a physical building with books. Patrons are connecting with libraries during the coronavirus pandemic through eBooks, virtual story times, job help and other online resources. Donations are being accepted today for the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh through Library Giving Day. The library needs financial help to...
Another Port Authority worker tests positive for covid-19
Port Authority officials reported another employee who worked at the agency’s West Mifflin garage tested positive for covid-19. Spokesman Adam Brandolph said Wednesday the maintenance person last worked on April 10 and has been in self-quarantine at home since then. It’s the fourth worker from the garage and eighth Port...
‘Sassiness,’ ‘true grit’ help 2 elderly patients survive covid-19 at Excela Frick HospitalVideo
Everson’s James Toth and Yvonne Demagall of Mt. Pleasant are survivors. At ages 89 and 92, respectively, each has survived a battle with cancer. And, now, after weeks in Excela Frick Hospital, each is at home with family recovering from coronavirus infections. Dozens of hospital staff gathered Wednesday to celebrate...
Poll: Few Americans support easing coronavirus protectionsVideo
WASHINGTON — Americans remain overwhelmingly in favor of stay-at-home orders and other efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus, a new survey finds, even as small pockets of attention-grabbing protests demanding the lifting of such restrictions emerge nationwide. The survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research...
Top health official says he was ousted over Trump-touted drugVideo
WASHINGTON — A top U.S. health official who was helping lead efforts to find a coronavirus vaccine said he was removed from his post because he insisted on limiting the use of a drug President Donald Trump has pushed as a COVID-19 treatment despite little clinical evidence it works. Rick...
State Sen. Ward says covid-19 induced pain reaches across the state economy
The coronavirus is cutting a swath from hospital executive suites to Westmoreland County residents waiting weeks for unemployment checks, state Sen. Kim Ward told constituents during a teleconference Wednesday. The Westmoreland County lawmaker said she has reservations about the transparency of some of the decisions surrounding the state shutdown and...
Allegheny County officials call for more covid-19 tests as daily testing numbers drop
The number of tests for covid-19 administered each day in Allegheny County has dropped, Allegheny County Health Department officials said Wednesday. This data comes as county officials renewed calls for more testing in order to inform when and how physical distancing measures could be lifted and businesses reopened. “Only about...
Pittsburgh-based Eat’n Park offers groceries during coronavirus pandemic
Eat’n Park is the place not only for smiles, but now milk, bread, ketchup and even toilet paper. The Pittsburgh-based restaurant chain launched a temporary grocery program Wednesday in all its restaurants to provide access to everyday staples including Turner’s milk, Cellone’s bread by the loaf, Heinz ketchup, toilet paper...
