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The Pitt News

The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection fines UPMC

By Alexa Bakalarski / News Editor June 21, 2016

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection fined 12 UPMC hospitals a total of $451,000 for violating the Solid Waste Management Act on Tuesday. Inspectors from the DEP’s Bureau of Waste...

Fourth Allegheny County Zika case confirmed

By Erin Hare / Staff Writer June 9, 2016

The Allegheny County Health Department confirmed the fourth local case of Zika virus since the end of March on Thursday. Three weeks ago, a Pitt researcher accidentally stuck herself with a needle contaminated...

Researchers found that lung transplant patients that experience atrial arrhythmia could have shorter lifespan than patients who dont have the complication. (TNS)

Research links transplant complication with shorter lifespan

By Erin Hare / Staff Writer June 8, 2016

Recent lung transplant recipients will spend recovery holding their breath after UPMC researchers linked a common complication with a shorter lifespan. This April, researchers at UPMC published in the...

Pitt and CMU researchers use 3D printing to study breast cancer. / Courtesy of Adam Feinberg

3D printing aids cancer research

By Erin Hare / Staff Writer June 1, 2016

Hacking 3D printers to spit out squishy biological structures, Pitt and Carnegie Mellon University researchers are poised to help doctors make better breast cancer diagnoses. Researchers at UPMC and...

Pitt researchers found that computerized  CBT can be more effective than going to a primary care provider alone. /TNS

Researchers: Computer-based therapy effective

By Erin Hare / Staff Writer May 24, 2016

To increase access to therapy, researchers suggest patients turn to their computers. In a recent study, Pitt researchers found that computerized cognitive behavioral therapy was more effective for treating...

Senator Pat Vance gave a speech endorsing full practice authority on Tuesday, May 3, for Lobby Day 2016.| Photo courtesy of Pennsylvania Coalition of Nurse Practitioners

Nurse Practitioners Push for Full Authority

By Erin Hare / Staff Writer May 17, 2016

The Department of Health and Human Services projects that by 2020, the country will face a shortage of 20,400 primary care doctors. While medical experts can only guess at the cause for the declining...

Pitt and UPMC Create Microbiome Research Center

By Alexa Bakalarski / News Editor May 13, 2016

UPMC and Pitt’s Schools of Health Sciences, along with the White House, announced a joint venture on Friday to try to understand the microbiome - the trillions of microbes that form an ecosystem within...

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Pitt Forms Zika Research Team

By Erin Hare / Staff Writer May 10, 2016

As potential Olympians get ready to compete in Brazil this summer, they’re also preparing to head into the heart of the Zika outbreak. In early 2016, amidst an increasing number of reported infections...

Will Miller | Staff Illustrator

Pitt collects drugs for disposal

Pitt pharmacy students reversed their traditional roles Thursday and collected drugs rather than distributing them. Aiming to reduce drug misuse, members of Generation Rx — a student group within the...

Pitt vice chancellor named president of AACR

By Danni Zhou / Staff Writer April 21, 2016

With a new president of the American Association of Cancer Research hailing from Pitt, the University is proving instrumental in the fight to cure cancer. The AACR appointed Nancy E. Davidson, director...

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