UPMC, HVHS Partner to Improve Access to COVID-19 Treatment
Date Time UPMC, HVHS Partner to Improve Access to COVID-19 Treatment and Heritage Valley Health System are partnering to make an outpatient COVID-19 treatment more widely available in western Pennsylvania. Monoclonal antibody treatment reduces the risk of death and the need for hospitalization in people who receive it soon after being diagnosed with COVID-19. The health systems will pool their supply of monoclonal antibodies and use the extensive UPMC network of infusion centers to provide Heritage Valley patients with the treatment. “This treatment has potential to drastically cut the numb...
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