UPMC is preparing for the challenges associated with flu season overlapping with the COVID-19 pandemic. With countries in the Southern Hemisphere reporting a milder flu… Read more
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After the Storm: UPMC’s Critical Illness Recovery Center Focuses on Post-Intensive Care Syndrome
Early this year, when the world was first coming to grips with the spread of COVID-19 and the challenges it would present, Dr. Brad Butcher,… Read more
How to use precision medicine to personalize COVID-19 treatment according to the patient’s genes
Tom Hanks and his wife, Rita Wilson, were among the earliest celebrities to catch the novel coronavirus. In an interview at the beginning of July,… Read more
UPMC Data Reveal Important Lessons for Managing COVID-19
At a virtual press briefing today, UPMC leaders Drs. Donald Yealy, Oscar Marroquin and Derek Angus shared the health system’s most recent findings related to… Read more
UPMC Children’s Leads Consortium to Identify Neurological Side Effects of COVID-19 in Kids
A rare but concerning link has been discovered between COVID-19 and multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), a delayed immune system overreaction that can be… Read more