With COVID-19 cases on the rise across the three states UPMC serves, the health system remains prepared to care for an increasing number of patients… Read more
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UPMC in Italy Receives U.S Government Funding to Provide Telemedicine Care for Frail Patients
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has awarded UPMC in Italy $1.8 million to implement a telemedicine platform in response to the COVID-19… Read more
Helping Patients with Disabilities During Pandemic and Beyond
October is Disability Awareness month, and this year marks the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. With 1 in 4 U.S. adults living… Read more
Achieving COVID-19 herd immunity through infection is dangerous, deadly and might not even work
White House advisers have made the case recently for a “natural” approach to herd immunity as a way to reduce the need for public health… Read more
One small part of a human antibody has the potential to work as a drug for both prevention and therapy of COVID-19
Although a vaccine could be the ultimate solution to curb the COVID-19 pandemic and stop future ones, it will not be 100% effective. If it… Read more