By Zandy Dudiak, Communications coordinator Since December 2020, Pittsburgh Mercy has been providing contact tracing as another way to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. The Allegheny Health Department (ACHD), with support …

By Zandy Dudiak, Communications coordinator Sometimes, old adages are true. Take, for instance, “what comes around, goes around.” That certainly came true for the Sisters of Mercy in Pittsburgh recently. …

By Zandy Dudiak, Communications coordinator The pandemic has changed the way that Tammy Perry has approached her job as a service coordinator based at Reedsdale. Instead of seeing individuals she …

By Tina Harper, Communications administrative assistant Referring to the COVID-19 vaccine, Norman Barkley, certified peer specialist in the admissions center at South 9th Street, remarked, “I’m happy to have gotten it!” …

I got my vaccination for Joe. He was stubborn and had not wanted to go to the hospital. I held his hand and listened to him struggle to breathe. He …

By Zandy Dudiak, Communications coordinator Diane Johnson, admittedly, is a social butterfly. But for most of the last year, Diane has felt like she’s been living in a cocoon. “I …

By Zandy Dudiak, Communications coordinator Ramona Wilkes is quite upfront about what drove her to sign up for the COVID-19 vaccine—an adorable 8-month-old baby boy who happens to be her …