UPMC announces plans to give all patients coronavirus antibody test UPMC announces plans to give all patients coronavirus antibody test As Pennsylvania prepares to begin reopening, UPMC continues to work around the clock to make sure all patients coming into their facilities are protected. On Thursday, UPMC announced plans to expand their testing to include…
04/24/2020 8:30 a.m. The CDC announced new guidelines for pet owners after two cats tested positive for COVID-19. Photo Credit: Contributed The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced new guidelines for pet owners after a pair of cats tested positive for novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in two different parts of New York. According to the…
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. The Trump administration unveiled the specifics of a $100 billion plan to support the health care system during the coronavirus pandemic and ensure that uninsured patients will be covered by giving hospitals and doctors direct payments from the government.Health and…
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.President Trump announced Sunday evening that the United States had passed a major coronavirus testing milestone, telling reporters that 4.18 million Americans have now been screened -- more than France, the U.K., South Korea, Japan, Singapore, India, Austria, Australia, Sweden and…
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.President Trump announced at the White House coronavirus news briefing in the Rose Garden on Tuesday that the United States will immediately halt all funding for the World Health Organization (WHO), saying it had put "political correctness over lifesaving measures."Also at the briefing,…
For more than thirty years I have represented the families on the other end of a foodborne outbreak — the parents of children on dialysis with hemolytic uremic syndrome, the survivors of a contaminated hamburger or a bag of spinach, the people left planning funerals. I built a career holding companies accountable when the food
More people are sick in a multi-country Salmonella outbreak in Europe mainly affecting children and young adults. A total of 83 confirmed cases had symptom onset between December 2025 and mid-May 2026. Another 24 cases identified in 2026 have not yet been sequenced and may be part of the outbreak. At least 20 people have
For over thirty years, I have been beating the same drum, and the last few days were no exception (some argue a bit too loudly and self-serving). I have been posting about public health officials — and the FDA — sending out outbreak documents with the names of companies, growers, processors, and retailers blacked out