Early this evening, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended lifting the pause on the… Read more
Category: University of Pittsburgh
The Challenge of Bringing the COVID-19 Pandemic Under Control
What an awful year we have been through. The loss of life and economic suffering caused by the COVID-19 pandemic have been enormous and heartbreaking.… Read more
Lessons from HIV Pandemic Can Inform COVID-19 Pandemic Public Health Initiatives, Say Pitt Researchers
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh published a perspective in the New England Journal of Medicine drawing parallels between the HIV epidemic in Africa and… Read more
What to Know About Potential COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Shots
Moderna and Pfizer both announced they are researching whether a booster shot six to 12 months following the initial two-dose COVID-19 vaccine will offer lasting… Read more
A Small COVID-19 Shot Represented a Giant Public Health Leap to one of Pittsburgh’s Newest Residents
When the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health dean arrived at her appointment to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, she expected it to be… Read more