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UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine will participate in a National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases study of the immune response to COVID-19 vaccines among pregnant and postpartum…

UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital is hosting a four-day doula training at Magee-Womens Research Institute (MWRI) from July 19 to 22. A hospital-hosted doula job fair in June led to twelve enthusiastic and diverse women joining the UPMC Magee…

UPMC Williamsport has been granted Level II Trauma Center accreditation by the Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation (PTSF), recognizing a higher level of care and services provided in north central Pennsylvania. This accreditation goes…

For the first time ever, researchers from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine discovered that phages—tiny viruses that attack bacteria—are key to initiating rapid bacterial evolution leading to the emergence of…

Substantially more people in the U.S. with opioid use disorder are receiving evidence-based treatment for the disease, but there are still considerable gaps in care along racial lines, according to the largest analysis to date of opioid…

Scientists from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine described a new phenomenon in which the deletion of a single gene involved in liver embryogenesis completely wipes out bile ducts of newborn mice. But despite a major defect…

People with conditions that compromise their immune systems exhibit a wide spectrum of antibody responses to COVID-19 vaccination, ranging from only 1 in 5 lung transplant patients having an antibody response to a nearly complete response…

Americans are consuming more craft beer with higher alcohol content but are drinking less beer by volume, according to a new analysis led by epidemiologists at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health. The study,…

From pregnancy to birth, adolescence to menopause, embryos to centenarians, women’s health across the lifespan once again will take center stage at the 2021 Magee-Womens Summit, convening at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in…

The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, through the Pittsburgh Vaccine Trials Unit (PVTU), is one of twelve sites across the country selected to participate in a National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases clinical…