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The Challenge of Bringing the COVID-19 Pandemic Under Control

Experts from UPMC Children's discuss the importance of COVID-19 vaccines and ongoing mitigation efforts.

UPMC in central Pa. has launched a dedicated program to support people who experience persistent respiratory issues after a COVID-19 infection.

First large-scale evaluation of an “all or none” policy to improve results in sepsis patients neither helped nor hurt, Pitt finds.

UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh announced the expansion of pediatric emergency care services in north central Pennsylvania.

News Releases

Monday, April 19, 2021
Federal Policy to Reduce Sepsis Deaths Mostly Ineffective

Monday, April 19, 2021
More Than 400 UPMC Physicians Named to Annual ‘Best Doctors’ List

Monday, April 19, 2021
UPMC Children’s Boosts Pediatric Emergency Care

Monday, April 19, 2021
UPMC Post-COVID Pulmonary Recovery Program Now Available in Central Pa.

Friday, April 16, 2021
UPMC Hillman Names New Hematology Oncology Chief

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In The News

Philadelphia Inquirer
Pennsylvania turns to fighting COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy to achieve herd immunity

WESA-FM
In The Face Of Many Unknowns, Pittsburgh Health Systems Devote Resources To Cure Long COVID

WHTM-TV
Will we need booster COVID-19 shots? Pa. experts weigh in

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Insurance delays impact patients (letter to the editor)

WICU-TV
UPMC, Mercyhurst to Offer Free, Virtual Suicide Prevention Training Program

Expert Spotlight

Taofeek K. Owonikoko, M.D., Ph.D., will join the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center and Department of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh as chief of the Division of Hematology/Oncology. Owonikoko, a physician-scientist board-certified in medical oncology, hematology and internal medicine, also will serve as associate director for translational research and co-leader of the Cancer Therapeutics Program at Hillman. He will hold the Stanley M. Marks – OHA Endowed Chair in Hematology/Oncology Leadership and will begin his appointment on July 1, 2021.