AHN Cancer Institute Opens Genomics Facility Offering Patients Next-Generation Gene Sequencing to Guide Treatment Decisions
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Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Health Network (AHN) Cancer Institute has opened a new Clinical Genomics Laboratory, offering comprehensive, advanced, in-house genomic testing that guides doctors in selecting treatments to give cancer patients their best chance at a good outcome.
William LaFramboise, PhD, Chief Genomics Technology Officer, Allegheny Health Network, and David Bartlett, MD, Chair, AHN Cancer Institute, in AHN s new Clinical Genomics Laboratory We believe that offering on-site genomic testing offers a number of advantages to our patients, including a quicker turnaround time and better stewardship of our patients’ samples. - David L. Bartlett, MD, Chair, AHN Cancer Institute
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Western Pennsylvania health professionals say the newest public health guidelines about maskless gatherings are a “measured step toward normalcy” but they also come with some concerns.
“I worry a little bit, frankly, that people will maybe misinterpret this particular guidance, and think it gives more freedoms than it really does,” said Dr. Carol Fox, chief medical officer at Excela Health.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday announced updated guidelines, saying people who are fully vaccinated can congregate indoors in small numbers without wearing masks. Up to this point, masks have been encouraged for everyone in nearly all circumstances including after vaccinations. The guidelines share details for vaccinated people visiting with unvaccinated people indoors also a low-risk activity, the CDC says, if the unvaccinated person is
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Dan Gaston, 63, of Sarver receives a covid-19 vaccine at a clinic held at Dick’s Sporting Goods’ offices in Coraopolis on March 5.
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Allegheny Health Network and the Monroeville Area Chamber of Commerce will team up on Tuesday to give 5,100 people covid-19 vaccinations.
The clinic will be at the Monroeville Convention Center for people who signed up ahead of time, according to an AHN news release. There will be no walk-in appointments accepted.
AHN caregivers will administer the Pfizer shot to people who fall into Phase 1A, which according to the state Department of Health includes health care workers, people 65 and older and those age 16-65 with high-risk conditions. Anyone inoculated Tuesday will return to the convention center for their second dose March 30.