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The health department will now provide a monkeypox vaccine to county residents who have had a high-risk exposure to the virus. ACHD recommends that anyone who develops legions and thinks they may have been exposed to monkeypox to get tested.
Vaccine availability to those at risk for contracting monkeypox remains limited, but Allegheny County health leaders say they are working on a plan to expand eligibility as supply increases. Twenty cases of the virus have been confirmed in the county. Vaccines are being offered to people who have had a
Gov. Wolf met with health care professionals, local leaders at Metro Community Health Center in Pittsburgh to discuss the upcoming deadline for 2022 health care coverage through Pennie, Pennsylvania’s state-based health insurance marketplace.