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Emergency Response: A vaccine developed at Pitt could come to the rescue once again.
Before America’s first stay-at-home orders, before school and business closings, before overwhelmed hospitals and the confirmation that the world is facing a deadly pandemic,...
Coronavirus Webinar Series: The Microbial Sciences respond to COVID-19
In May and June 2020, the American Society for Microbiology hosted a 3-part virtual Congressional briefing series covering diagnostics, vaccines and therapeutics for COVID-19.
How the fight against polio was won.
Sorrow, fear, hospitals overwhelmed, closures – all due to the deadly coronavirus. And all hallmarks of another deadly and mysterious virus that terrified Americans, starting at the turn of the...
Pitt researchers attach coronavirus to genetically modified measles vaccine
The University of Pittsburgh’s Center for Vaccine Research has been on the cutting edge of work being done with coronavirus.
Researchers At Pitt working to safely and quickly develop COVID-19 Vaccine
Two weeks ago, coronavirus — specifically COVID-19 — arrived in Pittsburgh. Two tiny vials less than two inches tall and a quarter inch around contain roughly 50 million viruses. Now, researchers...
Pitt receives CDC approval to bring coronavirus to Pittsburgh to help develop a vaccine
The University of Pittsburgh’s Center for Vaccine Research could have a specimen from the deadly SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus within the week in an effort by the world-renowned research institution to...
University Of Pittsburgh to obtain samples of coronavirus, work To develop vaccine
Pitt’s Center for Vaccine Research announced it’s in the process of obtaining samples of novel coronavirus from the CDC.
Researchers trying to prevent virus more dangerous than Zika
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh are leading an effort to prevent a virus that may be more dangerous than Zika from spreading to the United States. Channel 11 News anchor Peggy Finnegan...
Measles outbreak shows the irony of vaccine effectiveness
On the darkest day of 2018, the winter solstice, we at the Center for Vaccine Research at the University of Pittsburgh tweeted, with despair, a report in The Guardian that measles...
Pitt announces new director of its Center for Vaccine Research
The University of Pittsburgh’s Center for Vaccine Research has tabbed W. Paul Duprex as its new director following a two-year search.
Pitt Researcher Heads To Brazil To Study Zika Virus
Brazil is at the center of concern over the Zika virus and a researcher from this area is starting his work there today.