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PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Murrysville Medic One hoping to boost local subscription numbers
Murrysville Medic One Director Darrick Gerano said less than 25% of Murrysville residents have an annual subscription to the ambulance service, which can save them half off the cost of an ambulance transport bill. When Murrysville Medic One Director Darrick Gerano started at the agency in 2001, its annual budget...
The Associated Press
Pittsburgh’s kindergartners fall below the measles safety threshold, testing the city’s vaccine legacy
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Rebecca Smullin Dawson , Allegheny College (THE CONVERSATION) It takes a lot to knock football out of the headlines in Pittsburgh. But reports of measles cases , exposure alerts and calls for residents to double-check their vaccination status have dominated local news since August 2026. My office at Allegheny College, where I am an epidemiologist , is within a few steps of a classroom dedicated to Dr. Thomas Francis . Francis coordinated the entire polio vaccine field trial, which included 1.8 million children, and deemed the polio vaccine “ safe, effective, potent .” As of Sept. 14, 2026, the Pennsylvania Department of Health has confirmed 693 measles cases across 38 of the state’s 67 counties this year, including 133 hospitalizations and four deaths among unvaccinated residents . That compares with 16 cases statewide in all of 2025. Allegheny County reported its first case tied to the current outbreak in August, when the county health department warned of a potential exposure at UPMC Children’s Hospital’s emergency department. Two confirmed cases were diagnosed on Aug. 27, 2026, but the patients left the county afterward. Pittsburgh is
PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Lawsuit blames Squirrel Hill rehab center for elderly man’s death after ‘profound’ hypothermia
A Pittsburgh woman is suing a Squirrel Hill rehabilitation center alleging that her husband died after being found hypothermic earlier this year when the heat in his room was not working properly. Tina Williams of the Hill District filed the wrongful death suit in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court on...
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Veteran Affairs Flu Vaccine Clinics
Flu season is fast approaching and VA Butler Healthcare is offering help to local veterans. A series of Flu Vaccination Clinics begins Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the New Castle Road facility. An appointment is not required but this is a drive-through clinic with signs directing traffic.
CBS News
Uptick in "gas station heroin" withdrawals reported at Pennsylvania hospital
WBOC
Murrysville Dental Center Outlines Same-Day Emergency Dental Care
Murrysville Dental Center schedules same-day and after-hours appointments for dental injuries and sudden pain, and it treats most emergencies, including root canals and extractions, in the office rather than referring patients elsewhere. The practice built that structure around a simple observation: dental problems do not wait for business hours, and neither should access to a dentist.
PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Mom of infant exposed to measles at UPMC Children’s frustrated by hospital system response
Though UPMC says it’s “providing appropriate information and guidance” to those recently exposed to measles at its children’s hospital in Pittsburgh, a North Fayette mother of three says that hasn’t been her experience. Lauren Shoup visited UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Aug. 27 with her...
WPXI Pittsburgh
Jewish Association on Aging unveils multimillion-dollar renovation plans at Squirrel Hill campus
The Jewish Association on Aging gave its first look on Thursday of the multimillion-dollar renovation of the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Terrace Personal Care Residence at its Squirrel Hill campus.
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Butler Memorial Hospital Receives Honor For Heart Attack Care
Independence Health System’s Butler Memorial Hospital has once again received recognition for their ongoing commitment to the best care possible for patients dealing with heart attack symptoms. The American College of Cardiology has presented the hospital with the NCDR Chest Pain – MI Registry Platinum Performance Achievement Award for...
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Allegheny Health Network Begins Rolling Out Blood Transfusions to Five Pittsburgh-Area Suburbs
Allegheny Health Network is rolling out a prehospital blood program that lets specially trained paramedics transfuse blood products into trauma patients before they reach a hospital, with the effort being deployed across five communities ringing Pittsburgh. The network's Paramedic Response Units, staffed by advanced life support paramedics, are being equipped in Belle Vernon, Tarentum, Monroeville, Wexford and northern Butler County.
USA TODAY
Why 1,500 AGH nurses are fighting for more staffing
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Patient Safety Recognition at Butler Memorial Hospital
Independence Health System has received special recognition for efforts in support of patient safety. The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania recently announced that Butler Memorial Hospital recently earned 2026 Excellence in Patient Safety recognition. This initiative honors Pennsylvania’s top-performing hospitals that have demonstrated low rates of health care-associated infections....
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Allegheny County Health Department cuts ribbon on renovated McKeesport clinic
The Allegheny County Health Department on Thursday opened a new clinic in McKeesport, part of a bid to expand its offerings in the area and make healthcare more accessible. The reopened McKeesport Public Health Office still hosts an outpost of the Women, Infants and Children program, which provides health and nutritional services, along with a renovated pediatric dental clinic. New to the location are a sexual health clinic, drug testing, chronic disease offices and a county plumbing program.