Paul Guggenheimer stories, Page 52
Answering the Call: UPMC Children’s Hospital emergency medicine doctor describes covid-19 stressVideo
Dr. Raymond Pitetti is chief of the division of pediatric emergency medicine at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. In a video interview with the Tribune-Review, he talked about the stress that he and other doctors are dealing with during the covid-19 crisis, the extraordinary precautions they must take and how...
Vote for your favorite local covid-19 themed short films in Steeltown contest
The covid-19 crisis and the stay-at-home order that goes with it have many people feeling like they’re living in a movie. Now, some have used the coronavirus pandemic as inspiration to make their own covid-19 themed short films, thanks to encouragement from Steeltown Entertainment. Steeltown, which supports film and digital...
Jewish faith leaders say Passover adjustments during coronavirus should be taken in stride
Passover, one of the most widely celebrated Jewish holidays, begins at sundown Wednesday evening. And while the covid-19 crisis and stay-at-home orders will take some of the fun out of the occasion, Jewish faith leaders say it should be no less joyous. “Judaism throughout history has always been a religion...
Parks Conservancy reminds visitors to practice social distancing
With state and local parks, state forests and trails seeing record numbers of visitors, the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy is renewing its call for everyone to practice safe physical distancing. Proper physical distancing is maintaining a minimum of six feet from others. The parks conservancy also urges visitors to follow Gov....
Answering the Call: Pittsburgh nurse talks about her worries during coronavirusVideo
Meghan Dawson is a nurse who works directly with high-risk maternity patients at UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital. With covid-19 cases rising, she worries about her patients and herself. A wife and mother, Dawson talked with the Tribune-Review about the strain of her job and the toll it is taking on her...
Pittsburgh pulmonologist discusses safety when working with coronavirus patientsVideo
Dr. Jennifer McComb is a pulmonologist who works in the intensive-care unit at UPMC Shadyside hospital, where more and more covid-19 patients are showing up. A pulmonologist is a doctor specializing in treating the respiratory system, the very thing covid-19 attacks. A wife and mother of two children, McComb works...
Pittsburgh food bank president worries about supply running out
Lisa Scales has worked in food banks for nearly 25 years. She was involved in food distribution efforts in response to Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana and to the 9/11 attacks in New York. She has never experienced anything like the need associated with the coronavirus pandemic. “I have never seen...
Answering the Call: How a UPMC cancer doctor deals with coronavirus stressVideo
Like many health care professionals in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, Dr. Jessica Berger is social distancing as much as she can. But for Berger, a gynecological oncologist at UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, there are still many patients she has to see in person. A married mother of two...
UPMC nurse opens up about front-line battle against coronavirusVideo
There is no doubt that Western Pennsylvanians are indebted to the people on the front lines in the fight against covid-19. They include Jonathan Crossett, a nurse clinician who is part of the covid-19 response team at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital in Oakland. Crossett, a married father of a 4-month-old boy,...
Sammartino Foundation donates $10,000 to food bank
With the needs of area families growing steadily during the covid-19 crisis, the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank received a boost Wednesday. The Bruno and Carol Sammartino Foundation is making a $10,000 donation to the food bank. The food bank’s Brian Gulish said the $10,000 would provide 50,000 meals. The...
Pittsburgh-based Honeycomb Credit offers loans to small businesses during coronavirus
Small businesses are among the hardest hit economically during the coronavirus pandemic. But there are now more options for help. Pittsburgh-based Honeycomb Credit, a startup investment crowdfunding platform, announced Wednesday the launch of its first Relief Loan Campaign. It provides working capital loans to small businesses during the pandemic. Each...
Match Day becomes day of giving for Pitt medical students during coronavirus pandemic
Match Day is an occasion University of Pittsburgh medical students eagerly await each spring. It’s a national event during which the majority of medical students across the country receive their residency assignments. The aspiring doctors usually gather together to simultaneously open letters that announce their residency training location — a...
PennDOT to restart work on emergency highway, bridge projects
PennDOT said Tuesday it will get back to work on emergency and critical highway and bridge projects. On March 17, Gov. Wolf paused the normal highway and bridge construction program to minimize covid-19 exposure for PennDOT and private sector employees. Tuesday’s announcement means that some 61 emergency and critical road...
Holocaust Center to host virtual events for Genocide Awareness Month
In a time of social distancing, the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh is promoting a national series of virtual events for the month of April, Genocide Awareness Month. April 1 is the start of #TogetherWeRemember, including 30 days of free, all-digital content and workshops from leaders around the country in the...
Hundreds of cars line up for help from Pittsburgh food bankVideo
Hundreds of cars lined up Monday waiting to receive boxes of food from the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank amid the covid-19 crisis. Unlike last week, the cars were not lining up to get into the Kennywood parking lot but across the street from the food bank’s headquarters in Duquesne....
Embrace down time, limit social media during covid-19 crisis, say mental health experts
Like just about everyone else these days, Jen Bertolasio finds herself in a situation she could not have imagined even one month ago. Bertolasio, 32, of Carnegie works as a data analyst. But, along with her husband, she is now on Day 13 of working from home with her two...
Garbage collection set for Saturday in Pittsburgh
Saturday has been added as a garbage collection day this weekend in Pittsburgh. Crews are working to pick up trash left at curbsides on Wednesday, when pick-ups were suspended over issues related to the covid-19 crisis. The city’s environmental services workers were sent home with pay Wednesday after voicing concerns...
Butler County added to growing list of areas under Gov. Tom Wolf’s stay-at-home order
Butler County on Friday joined the growing list of Pennsylvania counties under Gov. Tom Wolf’s stay-at-home order. The order was scheduled to take effect at 8 p.m. Friday and continue until April 6. Individuals must stay at home “unless someone’s life depends on your leaving,” according to the order. In...
State Health Department reverses order shutting down dentists during covid-19 crisis
Pennsylvanians facing dental emergencies can once again see their dentists or an oral surgeon. After consulting with leaders in organized dentistry, the Pennsylvania State Department of Health has reversed its decision ordering all dental offices to stop performing emergency procedure during the covid-19 crisis. “These updated guidelines are effective immediately,”...
Real ID deadline extended 1 year over coronavirus pandemic
People concerned about getting a Real ID by October have been given a reprieve. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced Thursday that the deadline has been pushed back one year because of the coronavirus pandemic. “Protecting both the health and national security of the American people continues to be...
Pennsylvania Sens. Casey and Toomey happy with virus rescue bill
Pennsylvania Sens. Pat Toomey and Bob Casey didn’t see eye-to-eye in the days leading up to the U.S. Senate’s agreement on a historic $2 trillion emergency bill. But they are both glad the deal was struck shortly after midnight on Wednesday. The Senate passed the bill late Wednesday night, following...
AHN doctor discusses chloroquine and stay-at-home order in Pa.Video
Gov. Tom Wolf has issued a stay-at-home order for residents of Allegheny and seven other Pennsylvania counties. With covid-19 spreading and the situation likely to get worse before it gets better, the Trib invited Allegheny Health Network emergency physician Dr. Arvind Venkat to address why this order is necessary. Dr....
Western Pa. dentists upset about state order to stop emergency surgeries
Pennsylvanians dealing with dental emergencies and needing to see a dentist or an oral surgeon are out of luck. The Pennsylvania State Department of Health has ordered all dental offices to stop performing emergency operations during the covid-19 crisis, effectively shutting the offices down. ”Right now I would say that...
Carnegie Museums furlough workers
Anticipating deficits of nearly $1.4 million a month due the coronavirus closure, Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh announced it is temporarily furloughing some staff members. In a statement Monday, Carnegie Museums said its Museums of Art and Natural History, Carnegie Science Center, and The Andy Warhol Museum would remain closed for...
Long line of people in cars at Kennywood wait to get food donations
Kennywood Park was closed, but a long line of cars snaked their way into its parking lot Monday. Normally, when this many people show up at the West Mifflin amusement park, they are anticipating a day of fun. Instead, on a dreary Monday morning, they were here for food. For...
