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Five years later: COVID-19 and quarantine’s lasting legacy in national and local health care industries

By Emma Wu, Staff Writer • March 12, 2025

At the fifth anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic, UPMC and Pitt Student Health Services reveal the lasting changes that the pandemic had on Pitt medicine and research.

Potential NIH funding cut impacts cause fear among Pitt researchers and administration

By Emma Wu, Staff Writer • February 21, 2025

The NIH announced a funding cut, which caps indirect costs to 15% of funding in grants. With the potential decrease in funding, Pitt researchers and the Pitt community are worried about how careers, economy and research will be impacted.

‘Science is non-partisan’: Pitt researchers face NIH funding freeze

By Emma Wu, Staff Writer • February 7, 2025

President Donald Trump issued an executive order on Jan. 27 that froze all federal grants and loans, which includes a freeze on funding from the NIH. With funding up in the air, researchers at Pitt are feeling uncertain and worried about the future of their careers and work.

Study finds that Pitt students’ mental, physical health still struggling one year into the pandemic

By Natalie Frank, News Editor • December 6, 2021

Despite loosened COVID-19 requirements, the start of in-person activities and the availability of a COVID-19 vaccine, a recent study revealed that many Pitt students’ mental health has not significantly improved since the onset of the pandemic.

Pitt, Richard King Mellon Foundation announce $100 million grant

By Natalie Frank and Millicent Watt • November 17, 2021

Pitt, along with the Richard King Mellon Foundation, announced on Wednesday a $100 million gift to help fund a bioresearch and development facility at Hazelwood Green near Downtown.

Pitt researchers discover possible new COVID-19 treatment

By Shreya Joshi, For The Pitt News • July 14, 2021

Pitt researchers published a scientific paper detailing the idea of delivering nanobodies — antibodies derived from mammals in the camel family and 10 times smaller than traditional human antibodies — to hamsters who were severely infected by COVID-19.