Polly Higgins

Pittsburgh gives a strong showing on first day of Pizza Expo in Vegas

“I love pizza people. Here, you're surrounded by people who are masters of what they do. That knowledge is just oozing out of everybody.”

Black maternal mortality rates are rising. Pittsburgh groups have responded in creative ways.

“It’s going to take a village.”

With much room for improvement, trauma care for kids goes under the microscope at Pitt

Breast cancer took a toll on his family. It also inspired his career.

AHN oncology fellow Adam Johnson's family tree is filled with women who faced the disease.

Popular infant sleepers, after years of pediatricians’ concerns, to face new federal regulations

The announcement follows a September advisory from a federal watchdog about one rocker brand that poses a suffocation, strangulation and fall hazard to infants.

‘This is where we need to start’: High school students gather for Eradicate Hate Student Summit

In the main sessions of the 2023 Eradicate Hate Global Summit on Thursday, policymakers and academics dissected the big picture of hate groups, youth radicalization...

Sinusitis is tough to diagnose, but that may get easier if a Children’s Hospital pediatrician gets...

“[F]or sinusitis, we have nothing to go on from a physical exam. That was very unsatisfying for me.”

Some COVID tests will be free again. Here’s what to know

Twelve U.S. laboratories — including one in Pa. — are receiving a total $600 million in government funding to ramp up production of the tests.  

Good news: Your goal of hitting 10,000 daily steps might be way too high

With so many people wrapping ribbons of their self-esteem around a 10,000-step goal, it seems appropriate to wonder where it came from.

Mosquito spraying set for 3 Pittsburgh neighborhoods, Schenley Park amid more insect cases of West...

Insects collected in the areas recently tested positive for the virus, which is spread via mosquito bites.