As the nation sees an uptick in positive test results for COVID-19, UPMC officials today stressed that the health system is seeing its lowest numbers… Read more
Category: COVID-19
Pitt Medical School Students Step Up Amid Pandemic
From the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, students from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine stepped up to provide support to The 9th… Read more
Compare the Flu Pandemic of 1918 and COVID-19 with Caution
People have turned to historical experience with influenza pandemics to try to make sense of COVID-19, and for good reason. Influenza and coronavirus share basic… Read more
UPMC Data Show COVID-19 is Increasingly Rare; Efforts to Protect Elderly are Working
As most of the communities UPMC serves prepare to move to “green” – the least restrictive of Pennsylvania’s COVID-19 reopening phases – the health system today provided an update on what its data are showing and plans to… Read more
Cases of Rare Inflammatory Syndrome in Kids Reported in PA – Are We Seeing It Locally?
This week, the Pennsylvania Department of Health counted 17 reports of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) throughout the state. Dr. Zac Aldewereld, a pediatric… Read more