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UPMC develops COVID-19 testing

The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center has developed a test for the novel coronavirus, officials announced Saturday.Dr. Alan Wells, medical director of the UPMC Clinical Laboratories, said the test will be used initially “for select symptomatic cases as we work to rapidly increase ...

Two cases of COVID-19 were detected in Allegheny County, state Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine announced Saturday.The cases bring the statewide total of positive tests to 47, including six confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control and Protection.A statement from Allegheny Health ...

Pennsylvania COVID-19 cases grow beyond 30

Thirty-three Pennsylvanians have tested positive for COVID-19, Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine announced Friday afternoon in a briefing from Harrisburg.The total included five new cases since the state Department of Health's morning update. It also included the first pediatric case.Levine ...

All Pennsylvania schools, K-12 will be closed for 10 business days effective Monday, Gov. Tom Wolf announced today.At the end of that two-week period, Wolf said officials would reevaluate and decide if continued closure is needed.“We understand that these are trying times and recognize the ...

Multiple local universities have announced they are temporarily suspending in-person classes as the novel coronavirus continues to spread in the U.S.California University of Pennsylvania and Penn State University both announced Wednesday afternoon they will halt on-campus classes in attempts to ...