On April 12, 1955, headlines trumpeted the news that Dr. Jonas Salk and his team at the University of Pittsburgh had successfully developed a vaccine… Read more
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Western Pa.’s Emerging Latino Population Faces Health Care Barriers
Despite the absence of a traditional barrio or apparent Latino culture, 25,000 Latinos currently live in Allegheny County, up from less than 8,000 in 1990.… Read more
UPMC Radiation Oncologists: Changing Standards of Care, Improving Costs for Cancer Patients
It is unusual for one academic institution to have more than a single article published simultaneously in a high-impact research journal, so even the authors… Read more
Pitt School of Medicine Students Celebrate Match Day
There was a celebration within a celebration at Pitt’s School of Medicine’s Match Day. The entire class of 148 students found out where they are… Read more
UPMC and Presbyterian SeniorCare Enter Into Agreement with Family Hospice
This new partnership will allow Family Hospice and Palliative Care, Pennsylvania’s largest nonprofit hospice and palliative care organization, to grow substantially in both volume and… Read more