When Dr. Linda Rose Frank thinks about the HIV epidemic, the virus that causes AIDS isn’t the only disease on her mind. Not by a… Read more
Category: infectious disease
UPMC statement on MRSA
The presence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has been confirmed at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh’s neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). The health and safety… Read more
Pitt Public Health Student Investigates Illegal Practice Against Women in Nepal
: After two hours wading through knee-deep snow blanketing a steep mountain trail on a January morning in far west Nepal, Sara Baumann momentarily considered… Read more
HIV Milestone: Grant Guarantees Pitt Men’s Study will Survive to See 40 Years of Research
Dr. Charles Rinaldo recently received the news that a major study he directs to confidentially collect information on men living with HIV will be renewed… Read more
How a Frontline Innovation Grant Project Is Shifting Infection Control
Staff in intensive care units (ICU) have seen it all. They provide the compassionate, expert care our most complex patients need. It’s rare to find… Read more