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Community Callout: Your COVID life in Pittsburgh, two years later

by Jourdan Hicks and TyLisa C. Johnson February 3, 2022February 3, 2022

As we near two full years in a pandemic environment, PublicSource wants to hear from you. Please share your thoughts.

Pittsburgh mother shares COVID anxieties amid colder weather and returning to the office.

by Jourdan Hicks October 20, 2021October 23, 2021

Dr. Jamie Wright leans over a metal railing inside UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital. She is wearing a white coat, black sweater and yellow face mask. The wall behind her is yellow.

Could the pandemic bring a baby boom to the Pittsburgh region? Early data is mixed.

by Juliette Rihl and Oliver Morrison March 2, 2021March 2, 2021

Five ways COVID-19 will continue to change Pittsburgh college life this spring

by Naomi Harris January 13, 2021January 14, 2021

Outside of the Allegheny County Jail building

‘It almost broke me.’ How the pandemic is straining mental health at Allegheny County Jail.

by Juliette Rihl September 14, 2020February 3, 2021

Tote bags with census resources for residents. (Courtesy photo from Josiah Gilliam/ City of Pittsburgh)

COVID-19 disrupted the census. But accurate counts are needed to guide aid, recovery efforts and maybe even vaccines.

by Juliette Rihl May 13, 2020May 15, 2020

A sign along McKnight Road in the North Hills reminds people to practice social distancing to limit the spread of the coronavirus. (Photo by Kimberly Rowen/PublicSource)

Is staying home during the pandemic a luxury? Here’s what Pittsburgh-area data shows.

by Juliette Rihl May 2, 2020May 8, 2020

A patient sample that is awaiting testing for the coronavirus. (Photo by Kimberly Rowen/Public Source)

While Black Americans are disproportionately dying of COVID-19, Allegheny County and PA lack local race data

by Juliette Rihl April 8, 2020April 20, 2020

(Graphic by Natasha Vicens/PublicSource)

Fact-check: Are homemade face masks helpful in protecting against coronavirus?

by Juliette Rihl March 25, 2020April 3, 2020

A brown haired toddler with a tracheotomy wears a hospital gown covered in panda bears as he sits on a hospital bed.

COVID-19 could kill my toddler. Stay home for him and others with underlying health conditions.

by First-person essay by Meghan Wooldridge March 25, 2020November 5, 2021