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Blood Test for Kidney Rejection Suggests New Treatment

A new blood test predicts kidney transplant rejection and suggests an existing drug may be useful for preventing permanent damage.

The finding may help enable early therapeutic interventions to prevent heart disease from developing.

The Ethisphere Institute named UPMC one of 2021 World’s Most Ethical Companies for the third year in a row.

A new study may explain age-related distributions of SARS-CoV-2 disease severity and susceptibility.

News Releases

Wednesday, February 24, 2021
Blood Test for Kidney Rejection Suggests New Treatment

Tuesday, February 23, 2021
UPMC Named One of 2021 World’s Most Ethical Companies

Tuesday, February 23, 2021
UPMC Children’s Community Pediatrics Expands in York

Monday, February 22, 2021
Hypertensive Pregnancy Linked with Risks of Heart Disease

Thursday, February 18, 2021
How Childhood Infections Could Shape Pandemics

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In The News

WPXI-TV
Work on rapid COVID-19 test with results in minutes conducted in Pittsburgh

KDKA-TV
Scam Or Legit? Text Appears To Be From UPMC Asking For More Information To Get COVID-19 Vaccine

WJAC-TV
Local medical facility to open long-term vaccine center

Newsweek
50 Best Colleges for Nursing in America

Williamsport Sun-Gazette
UPMC receives $100,000 grant for ‘ambulance bus’

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Expert Spotlight

Malamo Countouris, M.D., is a general cardiologist at the UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute and a co-director of the UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital’s Postpartum Hypertension Clinic. Dr. Countouris studies hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and mechanisms for development of later-life cardiovascular disease. Her clinical focus is in women’s cardiovascular disease and cardio-obstetrics.