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Infrastructure is more than roads, bridges and water lines. Cathy Farrell co-chairs the Pennsylvania report card committee through the American Society of…
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A proposed bill that would require insurers to pay for telemedicine services is drawing widespread support from health care providers and opposition from…
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UPMC patients can get their flu vaccines starting this week, but unlike previous years, these immunizations were not manufactured with chicken eggs.Last…
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A University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researcher has received a $3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health for a pilot program to…
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New analysis from the University of Pittsburgh has found a link between alcohol and perceived physical attractiveness. In other words, “beer goggles” are…
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Marilou Yingling has run York's home lead testing and enforcement program for 28 years.She used to have a seven-person team that would travel around the…
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A new program at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine aims to help young physicians learn the ropes of research. Less than 1.5 percent of…
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For a long time, scientists thought that the flu virus degraded in humid conditions and that was the reason most people don’t catch it in the…
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An ambulance pulled up to the entrance of UPMC Preysbetarian's emergency room in early June, a pair of EMTs unloaded a portable isolation pod, basically a…
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A new initiative aims to employ citizen scientists to monitor air pollution created at U.S. Steel Corporation plants located in the Mon Valley.Anyone can…