COVID-19 Vaccine

UPMC's "Shot of Hope" COVID-19 vaccine clinic opens in the Hill District on Monday.

Pittsburgh Public Schools is hosting another round of vaccination clinics Saturday at four schools, as well as at UPMC's South Side Outpatient Center.

The specimens were collected earlier this month and confirmed to be omicron yesterday and today. Health officials have predicted the variant will mean a COVID-19 surge is on the way.

As omicron advances, medical experts urge people to get the COVID-19 vaccine and booster.

The Bhutanese Community Association of Pittsburgh has been awarded $20,000 for COVID-19 vaccine outreach. This is 1 of 65 grants the Wolf administration is distributing to grassroots organizations in order to reach unvaccinated Pennsylvanians.

Pennsylvania is asking the federal government to send health care workers to bolster hospitals and nursing homes that are increasingly under strain from persistent staffing shortages and the latest COVID-19 surge.

On today’s episode of The Confluence: Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf reflects on another year in the pandemic, and his administration’s efforts to address the ongoing opioid crisis and raise the statewide minimum wage; and a look at how inflation is impacting local organic farms.

This month, KDKA News reported that two people developed ringing or buzzing in their ears after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. But is tinnitus a legitimate side effect?

Omicron variant of COVID-19 is not yet in Allegheny County, where case numbers continue to grow due to the delta variant.

On today’s episode of The Confluence: At least 90% of county employees have complied with a COVID-19 vaccine mandate to be inoculated by yesterday’s deadline, but lawsuits challenging the order are still being considered; the commonwealth ranks 22 out of 47 states, plus the District of Columbia, when it comes to health care affordability; and Duolingo has hired a native Pittsburgher as its new head of social impact.