UPMC has seen 10% of surgical patients return in recent days and is prepared for demand to accelerate, medical officials announced at a press briefing today. The announcement… Read more
Tag: COVID-19
UPMC Shares Plan to Test Patients for COVID-19 and Restore Essential Care
UPMC has begun COVID-19 testing in patients scheduled for medically necessary essential care and will soon expand its testing to all asymptomatic patients, as well as frontline health care workers, across its U.S. hospitals, leaders announced today at… Read more
COVID-19 Test Q&A with Dr. Alan Wells
We interview Dr. Alan Wells, medical director of the UPMC Clinical Laboratories, to get answers to some frequently asked questions about antibodies, the tests used… Read more
What we do and do not know about COVID-19’s infectivity and viral load
As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads, it has become clear that people need to understand basic facts about SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, to make… Read more
UPMC Launches Clinical Trial to Fast-Track COVID-19 Therapies
A novel clinical trial developed by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine launched today at UPMC to address one of the most important… Read more