Tag: COVID19

The University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) and Rochester Regional Health (RRH) are joining a phase 3 clinical trial for a potential coronavirus vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech. Four ...

URMC is joining two national clinical trials testing whether transfusions of plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients (also called convalescent plasma) can prevent infection in healthy volunteers or ...

Since COVID-19 hit Rochester in March of 2020, a team of University of Rochester Medical Center clinicians and researchers has mobilized to bring the most promising clinical trials - that address the ...

As COVID-19 cases decline in New York, limited visitation for patients will resume at UR Medicine hospitals beginning June 25. The changes follow state Department of Health guidance from June 17, ...

Long-term care facilities with lower nurse staffing levels, poorer quality scores, and higher concentrations of disadvantaged residents suffer from higher rates of confirmed COVID-19 cases, according ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y., June 12, 2020 – Employers across the country can advance reopening efforts with technology developed by the University of Rochester to check employees for potential COVID-19 symptoms ...

While other cancer researchers had to temporarily close their labs in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Isaac Harris, Ph.D., and Josh Munger, Ph.D., shifted their focus to the contagion that has ...

A pair of national clinical trials testing whether hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), an FDA-approved anti-malarial drug, can keep COVID-19 patients alive and out of the hospital were halted on June 19, 2020. ...

UR Medicine Labs will begin testing blood samples for antibodies to novel coronavirus on June 1.

Wilmot Cancer Institute is offering some telemedicine appointments to help protect our patients, staff and community during the coronavirus pandemic. Here, we answer common questions Wilmot patients ...