Kiley Koscinski

Research published this week in Science Translational Medicine showed that participants with spinal cord injuries were able to maintain an artificial sense of touch, with one participant largely maintaining results for 10 years.

A rural Venango County clinic is bringing breastfeeding support into the pediatrician’s office — helping moms and newborns under one roof. The program is part of Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro's maternal health initiative.

Carnegie Mellon University is leading a team of institutions to improve how clinicians monitor fetal health during labor. Researchers were awarded $39.3 million from the United States Department of Health and Human Services to develop a wearable monitoring system that better identifies fetal distress and its cause.

Pennsylvania parents can now easily track vaccination rates at their kids’ schools thanks to a new resource from the state health department. A new online tool provides annual vaccination rate data for individual schools, a closer look than the state and county-level data previously available.

Healthcare systems are quickly adopting artificial intelligence. A new report from UPMC finds that many are adopting the technology without a clear set of rules and procedures around it.

Pittsburgh’s newest research endeavor unites the city’s artificial intelligence, health sciences and manufacturing prowess toward developing new therapies for rare diseases.

UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh is expanding behavioral health services south of the city. Children’s officials unveiled plans Wednesday for a $10 million expansion of pediatric behavioral health and subspeciality services at UPMC Children’s South campus.

A patient at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh has tested positive for measles, the health system said in a statement. It’s the first case of the highly contagious disease reported in Allegheny County since 2019.

Pittsburgh’s mosquito season is 22 days longer compared to 1970, according to a Climate Central report. The Ohio River Valley is warming into a longer mosquito season, which means the risk of disease transmitted by mosquitos is lasting longer too, according to the report.

Pennsylvania health officials confirmed Thursday that one of the two Lancaster County residents who died was an infant.