Allegheny County

range extends across 12 states from Minnesota to Maine, including New York (USFWS 2008a). Previously found in New York City, the Karner blue butterfly is found in particular areas of the Hudson River Valley with a population remaining in Sarasota County (NYSDEC 2015ai). Two hatches occur every year, one approximately in April and another in June. The staple food for the caterpillars is wild lupine (Lupinus perennis) which restricts the Karner blue butterfly’s distribution. Primary threats to…

negative reactions, Salk began to test the vaccine on more people in the Pittsburgh area. Over 600 Allegheny County volunteers, or “Polio Pioneers”, were among the very first to receive the vaccine at The University of Pittsburgh’s Virus Research Laboratory. On October 9, 1953 at the annual meeting of the Academy of Pediatrics, Doctor Jonas Salk announced that 637 children and adults from Allegheny County had received the new vaccine. The purpose of this early trial was to attempt to determine…

and infants (Magee-Womens Hospital, 2017), it has grown to a 383 bed acute-care womens teaching hospital located in Oakland serving the tri-state area (Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC, 2016). MWH delivers more than half of all babies born in Allegheny County (Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC, 2016), this comprises nearly 11,000 births annually. Additionally, the hospital houses the largest Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) in Pennsylvania, which cares for more than 1,500 babies a year. However,…

example, UPMC could tie the elimination of health care disparities to the organization’s mission. Neighborhoods clinics could utilize community health assessments, forums, and other venues to meet the health needs of the community. In addition, Allegheny County could develop targeted interventions and provide culturally competent, patient-centered care approach for local health entities to model. There are many components within this complex issue: the elimination of devaluation of specific…

Bennet Omalu Bennet Omalu is a Medical Professional Doctor. He was born on September 1968 during the Nigerian Civil War. He was born in Nnokwa, Nigeria and is the sixth child out of seven. His father's name is John Donatus Amaechi Omalu, an civil engineer, and there is no show of who his mother is. Omalu discovered Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy in former football players, having years of denial from the NFL. Omalu graduated from the University of Nigeria’s medical school before he had moved…

was born on February 22, 1732, in Westmoreland County, Virginia. Little is known about George’s early life and his education but, his formal education ended around the age of fifteen. It’s not very clear why very little is known about Washington’s childhood. In 1753 George Washington was asked to deliver a message to the French and on his return, he was tested of his forbearance; he hiked for days through snowy woods, fell off a raft into the Allegheny River, nearly drowned, and was forced to…

In some areas, local "football fever" is so prominent that entire communities' identities seem to be wrapped up in the local football teams—places like Stark County, Ohio, where the legendary Massillon High School Tigers draw more than 100,000 spectators per year, or Midland-Odessa, Texas, where the annual Permian-Lee rivalry draws more than 20,000 partisans. Football's popularity helps make the sport a symbolic…

nor assist a patient without some knowledge and interactions of policies on a mezzo, micro or macro. At our unit, to properly discharge a homeless patient, the social service team draws from business such as insurances and organization such as Allegheny County, Family links and external personals such as case managers. This knowledge to collaborate/integrate services from external and internal networks to meet patients’ diverse needs, is even more imperative in hospital settings. The daily…

We envision a digital system through which the government would distribute resources and solicit input. Our project is called BOTS.GOV, where, by utilizing the aforementioned technology trends, we will give citizens a way to talk directly to their government and of accessing troves of open data (i.e., the bot finds it) and government processes and services (i.e., the bot assists in filling out forms and wading through bureaucratic processes), and informing governments (via the bot) about…

As we move forward in the transition of power from President Obama to Donald Trump, many Americans are looking at political issues surrounding our nation and our cities. In that, the economy is a huge concern to a large percentage of Americans. In many cities, the prospect of gambling and casinos has come to the attention of government officials, and for good reason. The potential of gaining revenue for the government is the driving factor for this consideration, though many have reservations…