The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now consider Allegheny County to be in the “low” level of community COVID-19 activity. The CDC bases that characterization on a review of new hospital admissions and inpatient beds occupied due to COVID-19, and new cases over seven days. For the week of Jan. 18 through Jan. 24, The post CDC places Allegheny County in low level of community COVID-19 appeared first on PublicSource. PublicSource is a nonprofit news organization serving the Pittsburgh region. Visit www.publicsource.org to read more.

From their home on a hill along the western shore of the Monongahela River in Elizabeth, Nicole Salotti and her husband, Joseph Carringer, can see an inversion forming in the distance.  A wispy layer of fog hugs the hillside and, just before sunset, they feel the cold air rush down into the valley, sinking into The post <strong>When the inversion rolls in, does the pollution slow?</strong> appeared first on PublicSource. PublicSource is a nonprofit news organization serving the Pittsburgh region. Visit www.publicsource.org to read more.