Research Social distancing has stabilized, but failed to reverse, the spread of COVID-19 By URMC Communications May. 12, 2020 As policymakers try to restart the economy but also control COVID-19, data scientists at Cornell University and the University of Rochester are studying the impacts of social distancing. While ...
Community Staff Furloughs at the University of Rochester Medical Center By URMC Communications May. 8, 2020 Background: The Financial Challenge Created by COVID-19On April 15, URMC leadership notified faculty and staff that the institution was facing a $500 million budget gap in the fiscal year ending ...
Research URMC, RRH Collaborating to Test Experimental Coronavirus Vaccine By Mark Michaud May. 5, 2020 The University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) and Rochester Regional Health (RRH) are investigating a new potential coronavirus vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech. “COVID-19 is a highly ...
Patient Care Intubation Box Provides Extra Protection for Caregivers Fighting the Pandemic By Bob Marcotte May. 1, 2020 Timothy O’Connor and Amy Niertit (Emergency Medicine) demonstrates use of an intubation box created by engineers at the University of Rochester as a safeguard for treating COVID-19 patients. ...
Research Coronavirus Research Focuses on RNA as Key to Developing New Treatments By URMC Communications Apr. 30, 2020 Binding of the coronavirus spike protein (red) to an ACE2 receptor (blue) on a human cell leads to the penetration of the virus in the cell.Viruses like the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 are ...
Patient Care Dental Care and Oral Health Under the Cloud of COVID-19: EIOH Experts Weigh In By URMC Communications Apr. 24, 2020 JDR Clinical & Translational Research has published an invited commentary by researchers at the University of Rochester, Eastman Institute for Oral Health on dental care and the Coronavirus disease ...
Research Rochester researchers pursue quick ways to detect COVID-19—and better understand it By URMC Communications Apr. 22, 2020 University of Rochester photo / J. Adam FensterAs researchers around the world race to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, three scientists at the University of Rochester are rapidly adapting ...
Community Statement on Guidelines for Resuming Elective Outpatient Treatments By URMC Communications Apr. 21, 2020 UR Medicine welcomes the Governor's guidelines that will allow hospitals to resume elective outpatient treatments.
Patient Care Emergency Medicine Team Returns from NYC COVID-19 Front Lines By URMC Communications Apr. 17, 2020 An Emergency Medicine team from UR Medicine’s Strong Memorial Hospital has returned from the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City.The last of the 14 SMH Emergency Medicine staff ...
Patient Care ‘Universal Masking’ Procedures in Effect at UR Medicine, Rochester Regional By URMC Communications Apr. 16, 2020 Thursday, April 16, 2020Universal masking is in effect at UR Medicine patient care areas. Any individual within a patient care facility is expected to wear a mask; if you arrive without a mask you ...
