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Pittsburgh nurses are fighting for better staffing ratios — and the research backs them up

Since nursing contract negotiations heated up in January 2026 at UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital in Pittsburgh and at UPMC Altoona, the debate shifted from standard wage disputes to a more fundamental question of patient safety: the nurse-to-patient ratio.

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5 Best Cities for Low-Cost, High-Quality Healthcare in Retirement

Finding a city that offers both affordable living and strong medical care is key to stretching retirement dollars. Using public cost-of-living data and healthcare information from hospital systems,...

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Nurses Run Up Against Labor Board Stalled By Trump

Pennsylvania's largest hospital joins rise in employers citing federal changes to fight unionization.

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Pocket Z project hopes to rekindle pocket PC form factor — with a Raspberry Pi Zero 2W inside

It may not be as powerful as your smartphone, but this UPMC is on the right track

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Health care has a massive carbon footprint. These doctors are trying to change that

Around the country, health care workers continue to grapple with their industry's massive carbon footprint. In Pittsburgh, doctors formed Clinicians for Climate Action to address the problem.

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He visited the U.S. for his daughter's wedding — and left with a $42,000 medical bill

After emergency surgery, an American expatriate now carries the baggage of a five-figure bill. Costs for medical care in the U.S. can be two to three times the rates in other developed countries.

WEKU

Spinal stimulation can improve arm and hand movement years after a stroke

Two stroke patients regained control of a disabled arm and hand after researchers delivered electrical stimulation to their spines, paving the way toward a medical device that could aid movement.

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Researchers develop tool to detect pancreatic cysts

PITTSBURGH — Pancreatic cancer is a silent disease, said Dr. Aatur Singhi, a surgical pathologist at the UPMC Department of Pathology and an associate professor at the University of Pittsburgh. It often is not detected until it has spread to other organs, making it difficult to treat.

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Mothers' Lawsuits Claiming Univ. of Pittsburgh Medical Center Interfered with Parental Rights Can Go Forward

The claims arise out of “UPMC’s purported disclosure of their confidential medical information to [child protection authorities] for the purpose of targeting them with highly intrusive, humiliating and coercive child abuse investigations starting before taking their newborn babies home from UPMC’s hospitals shortly after childbirth.”

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Evusheld is becoming hard to find

As immunocompromised people work to get a potentially life saving covid therapy, it's becoming harder to locate

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