UPMC is committed to keeping its communities healthy and recognizes the essential role of COVID-19 vaccinations in that effort. UPMC is proud to play a… Read more
Tag: COVID-19
One Year Later: Lessons Learned from the Pandemic
A full year has passed since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. UPMC’s senior medical director and chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at UPMC… Read more
6 COVID-19 Treatments Helping Patients Survive
A year ago, when U.S. health authorities issued their first warning that COVID-19 would cause severe “disruption to everyday life,” doctors had no effective treatments… Read more
FDA Authorizes Third COVID-19 Vaccine
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued emergency use authorization for Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine. The single-dose immunization is the third COVID-19 vaccine… Read more
Scheduling COVID-19 Vaccines and Screening Mammography
About 10% of participants in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s COVID-19 vaccine approval trials reported swelling in the lymph nodes under their arm after… Read more