Social distancing and staying home are known to prevent exposure to the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, but as social distancing orders are continuously extended, people find themselves… Read more
Category: environment
Lead in hunted meat: Who’s telling hunters and their families?
Lead contamination in hunted meat has the potential to impact the health of millions of people in the U.S. who are connected to the hunting… Read more
Lifesaving First in Medicine Boosted by Student Research in Hatfull Lab
Last summer, undergraduate research assistant Gabrielle Gentile watched her colleagues in the University of Pittsburgh Hatfull Lab work diligently to identify viruses that could infect and kill… Read more
Greening the U.S. Steel Tower
UPMC and the UPMC Health Plan occupy 40 percent of the U.S. Steel Tower in downtown Pittsburgh, or roughly 900,000 square feet of office space,… Read more
Unwanted Prescription Meds? UPMC Sponsoring Take Back Drugs Day
Did you know that traces of pharmaceuticals can be found in the drinking water supply of more than 46 million Americans and in 80 percent… Read more