As most of the communities UPMC serves prepare to move to “green” – the least restrictive of Pennsylvania’s COVID-19 reopening phases – the health system today provided an update on what its data are showing and plans to… Read more
Tag: COVID-19
Cases of Rare Inflammatory Syndrome in Kids Reported in PA – Are We Seeing It Locally?
This week, the Pennsylvania Department of Health counted 17 reports of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) throughout the state. Dr. Zac Aldewereld, a pediatric… Read more
Drs. Yealy and Shapiro Share COVID-19 Insights with State Senate Committees
Dr. Donald Yealy, chair of emergency medicine at UPMC, and Dr. Steven Shapiro, UPMC’s chief medical and scientific officer, testified before the Pennsylvania Senate Aging… Read more
Deborah Brodine: Moving Forward, We Must Help Nursing Homes Fight COVID-19
Deborah Brodine, president of UPMC Senior Services and president of UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital and the Behavioral Health Services Network of UPMC, spoke yesterday before… Read more
Maybe Mutations Affecting Sugar Metabolism Explain Regional SARS-CoV-2 Aggressiveness
Scientists have been tracking changes to the genetic makeup of the new coronavirus to better understand how best to slow its spread. My research on… Read more